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Monthly Meeting
Since the formation of the Borough in 1965, a monthly meeting
has been held to review the latest developments in health education.
Membership of the meeting consisted mainly of nursing staff.
During 1967, the development of the Health Education Service
reached a point at which it was considered that other sectors of
the Department, including Public Health Inspectors and Social
Workers, should be included.
The enlarged Health Education Meeting was continued
throughout the current year, keeping Health Educators in the
Department abreast of latest developments in the field.
Departmental Services
In addition to other services, those of Health Education provide
numerous facilities such as printing, notices, posters, design, art—
work and display panels for different departmental sections.
These services also include the provision of audio-visual aid
equipment the previewing of films, etc., for use in "in-service"
training and for public showing.
On behalf of other branches of the Department, 121 screenings
were arranged and projected, 46 of which were out of duty hours.
Some 36 previews of films were also arranged.
On 6 occasions, films owned by the Service were loaned to
neighbouring Boroughs on a friendly basis.
Entitled "They Have A Future", the 16 mm. film on Maze Hill
Junior Training Centre for the Mentally Handicapped, produced
by the Service in 1967, continued to be widely used.
In addition to 20 requests for local showings the film was
shown twice at the John F. Kennedy Centre in Leytonstone and
to a parent/teachers association at Haberdasher's Askes School.
The Scottish Home and Health Department made extensive
use of the film during an eight-week loan period and a noted
paediatrician took the film with him on a four-week lecture tour
of the U.S.A.
Our film is frequently used in the training of teachers of the
mentally handicapped at Chiswick College and the London
Boroughs' Training Committee.
As an incentive to publicising methods of contraception, in
accordance with the Family Planning Act, a 25-frame 35-mm.
filmstrip was produced by the Service entitled "Contraception".
Simply and factually, the strip surveys the field of contraceptives
and ends with a summary of the efficacy of each type of technique.