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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.
Mothercraft classes have continued to be given by Health
Visitors and School Nurses in a variety of schools including three
Comprehensive schools, a school for educationally sub-normal
girls and a school for maladjusted children.
Informal talks on personal hygiene, good grooming and other
similar subjects were given to children of all age groups during
regular hygiene surveys.
Posters and leaflets have been displayed in all Treatment
Centres and in schools where there are Medical rooms.
Nursing staff discuss with women members of the school staff
the importance of Cervical Cytology and examination of breasts
whilst also advising them of the facilities available.
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
modern approach with the aim of detecting, at the earliest possible
moment, physical and mental handicaps in order that suitable
action may be taken and, where necessary, for special arrangements
involving medical and education Problems to be planned.