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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
During the year 99 medical examinations were carried out. These included the
examination of new entrants to the Council's service, to determine their suitability for
acceptance under the Superannuation Scheme and of others referred because of sick leave
or accident. The latter usually required specialist investigation and resulted in quite
a considerable amount of correspondence with private doctors and hospital specialists.
By special request two local residents were examined for superannuation purposes on
their appointment to other Borough Councils some distance away. In such cases it is the
practice for Councils to help each other in this way on a reciprocal basis.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Miat has now become a familiar and routine pattern of film shows, talks and discussion
groups were given to the public and organisations in the Borough as follows:-
Discussion Groups
Given with the aid of sound film strips produced by the Central Council of Health
Education on a variety of present day problems 3 Discussion Groups were held, total of
persons attending 88 - average attendance 29.
Talks:
Given by various members of the Department, usually on some particular aspect of the
Department'work. Nine talks were given, total of persons attending 286 - average
attendance 23
Film Shows:
Eleven of these were given at the Central Library and three at Church Halls. Four
of the Library shows were for Adults Only and were accompanied by talks on Atmospheric
Pollution, Home Safety and Clean Food (two). The total of persons attending at the
eleven Library shows was 1, 220 average attendance 113
The audiences at the three shows held at church Halls showed a marked decrease on
previous years (total of persons attending 169 - average attendance 56) and as it is
considered the minimum number to form an audience for this type of show should be 100, so
as to justify the expense and difficulties in organising them, these shows have been
discontinued temporarily.
Clean Food Campaign
The highlight of the year was a six months "CLEAN FOOD CAMPAIGN" authorised by
the Public Health Committee in September and commenced on the Ist October. Although the
campaign ended in March, 1957, it is convenient to deal with the whole of the campaign
in this report,