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The number of local authority clinics has been increased each year since 1966. There are
now five in operation covering the main areas of the Borough as follows
315 Broadway, Bexleyheath
69 Sidcup Hill, Sidcup
Town Hall, Crayford
St. Augustine's Church Hall, Belvedere
Wren Road, Sidcup
A chiropody service for the residents of the Council's Old People's Homes undertaken by
staff of the Health & Welfare Department was introduced in 1966 and a domiciliary service by our
own staff commenced in 1967.

HEALTH EDUCATION
Considerable progress was made with health education during the year despite the lack of
accommodation and staff. Large scale campaigns were out of the question but many small worthwhile
projects were carried out or commenced. Talks were given by medical officers and one
medical officer in particular used her experience as a pharmacist to good effect in giving talks on
the thorny problem of drugs.
In the main however, it was through the health visiting section of the Department that so
much was achieved, especially through one Health Visitor with special interest in this subject who
was made responsible for the health education programme for health visitors and the co-ordination
of their work in this field throughout the Borough. Under her guidance and after careful preparation
the health visitors used health education material of various kinds, some home made, some
bought, to put over ideas more forcefully on specific health subjects at clinics or schools. The
existing stock of visual aids was in her care and substantial additions were made to it during the
year. These included a new 16 mm. cine projector and a drawings cabinet, film strips, transparencies,
more casettes on specific subjects, a daylight screen and further basic equipment.
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