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Conclusions are difficult to summarise but they confirm that health
education home safety and first-aid in the home still require the priority
they have always been accorded by the health visitors. Their continuing
efforts have been supported on several occasions by talks on first-aid by
speakers from the British Red Cross Society to mothers' clubs held at
welfare centres,, Attention is always given to this aspect of health
education, both when mothers are seen at welfare centres and at home
visits where particularly useful opportunities may occur.
Statistics of persons, adults and children admitted to hospital by
the London Ambulance Service, following accidents in the home, are
supplied to the London boroughs by the Greater London Council, and it is
my practice to comment in this section of ray Report on the statistics for
this borough. Unfortunately, however, at the time of preparation of this
Report, figures are available only for the period January to April, 1968.
CAREERS EXHIBITIONS.
An assistant nursing officer and the matron of one of the day
nurseries attended the Careers Exhibitions held at Holland Park and
Ladbroke Schools and answered questions put by the pupils.
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
In my Annual Report for 1967, I mentioned arrangements made with head
teachers of certain schools in the borough whereby health visitors make
regular visits to talk to the pupils on health educational matters as
part of the curricula. Only a few further requests for teaching in
schools were received from head teachers in 1968; six health visitors
continued to attend schools regularly and every invitation has been taken
up.
MENTAL HEALTH WEEK.
Because of the International Mental Health Congress held in August
at Holland Park School (which is within the borough) it was thought
inappropriate to arrange any extensive local publicity to mark the
National Association for Mental Health's Mental Health Week in June. A
display stand was, however, positioned in the Central Library.
HEALTH EDUCATION TALKS AND LECTURES.
Details of the talks and lectures given by departmental staff and
other persons to specialised audience groups are given below.
The mothers' clubs organised by the health visitors at five of the
health centres continued to do valuable work in encouraging mothers to
extend their knowledge of child care, home-making, food preparation, etc.
TABLE I - SPEAKERS
Health visitors
976
Instructors (IIEA.)
33
Other Council officers
13
Other Council officers
96
1,118