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HEALTH EDUCATION
As health education is essentially a discipline involving the complete health team the
amalgamation of the services of the four former authorities gave the opportunity of close cohesion
and scope for greater achievement.
All professional staff can and should participate in health education, but encouragement
is required to use the less obvious opportunities which so frequently present themselves.
A Health Education and Home Safety Advisory Committee of members of the Council and
representatives of the following organisations:-
Association of Public Health Inspectors Inner London Education Authority
British Dental Association Institute of Health Education
British Medical Association National Association for Mental Health
Camden Old People's Welfare Association National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children
Camden Trades Council Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Central Council for Health Education University of London Institute of Education
Co-operative Women's Guild
has been constituted which meets at quarterly intervals to consider matters of policy.
Within the Health Department a working party of senior officers has been set up. meeting
monthly, to deal at officer level with the implementation of the Committee's policies. A monthly
meeting of representatives of field staff from day nurseries, maternity and child welfare centres etc.,
is held to consider in detail the choice of material for film displays, exhibits, special themes etc.
The range of subjects covered has been wide and includes - preparation for motherhood,
growing up, dental hygiene and care, the social services, the school health service, home safety,
diet and nutrition, food hygiene, sex education, preparation for retirement, and the use of leisure.
Similarly, audience groups drawn from every part of the Borough have shown great variety.
They have included Mothers' Clubs, Voluntary Organisations, Church Groups, Youth Clubs and
Schools.
The following statistics indicate the range of activity undertaken in lectures, talks and
discussions, and to this should be added the achievements of the Learner Swimmer Scheme. By
teaching swimming and water safety to children between the ages of 7 years and 11 years, a
continuing contribution to the national water safety campaign is made.