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Thirteen Clinic Nurses attended a one-day course organised
by the Chief Nursing Officer.
Twenty-three of the Nursing Staff attended a half-day course
in use of visual aids, the session having been arranged by the
Health Education Section.
Refresher Courses—During the year, 10 of the Nursing Staff were
directed to refresher courses of 5 days or more duration and this
number included health visitors, district nurses, midwives, school
nurses and chest clinic visitors.
Staff were also invited to join a number of study days
arranged by local hospitals and by the South East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board.
Observation and Other Visits—Programmes of visits were prepared
for 36 visitors to the Borough which total included 3 doctors
studying for their Diploma in Child Health each of whom was
obliged to make 20 separate visits.
Student Nurses—The General Nursing Council which requires
student nurses to take lectures on preventive medicine and the
social services also stipulates that they should visit and observe
facilities provided by voluntary and statutory bodies. In all,
505 student and pupil nurses spent a day in the Boroush visiting
clinics, schools and other establishments. The Chief Nursing
Officer and her staff gave 38 lectures to student nurses training
in hospitals in the area.
Health Education
During the year, a health education committee consisting of
health visitors and school nurses met every month and, with the
help of the Health Education Officer, made out a programme of
topics for the year. Posters and leaflets were selected to support
the topic chosen for the month and, if no suitable material was
available, the Health Education Section with ideas from this
committee, were able to fill the gap. This committee also reviewed
new films, leaflets and posters and assessed their suitability for
use in the health visiting and school health fields.
Child Welfare Clinics
From the early part of the century when 'child welfare' was
the field of the voluntary bodies and the problems were mainly
those of malnutrition and insanitary conditions, to the present day
highly organised local authority services, there has been a gradual
change in emphasis of functions and purposes. Today, close liaison
with paediatricians and general practitioners is a feature of the