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Health Education in Schools
At the request of head teachers, health visitors continue to provide
health education in schools on the following topics:-
Fulham County School
First Aid, Parentcraft and Social Services.
Gilliatt School
Nursery Nursing
Hammersmith County School
Social Services.
Hurlingham School
First Aid, Parentcraft, Health Hygiene, "Careers Convention".
Student Health Service
The Student Health Service began in October, 1966, for students of the
West London College and was extended in 1968 to include students at the
Hammersmith College for Further Education.
Dr. Margaret Capra, a full-time Medical Officer on the staff, who conducts
the Service has continued to receive great co-operation and help throughout
the year from the Principals of the Colleges and their staffs.
A summary of the arrangements has been given in my previous Annual Reports.

The School Dental Service
Annual Report of the Principal School Dental Officer 1971
Despite over twenty years of the National Health Service, dental health
still has a very low priority within the community. Evidence for this
comes from many sources. The 1968 Adult Dental Health Survey showed that
47% of adults brushed their teeth once a day or less. Thus only just over
half the adult population claimed to be brushing their teeth twice a day
or more. The sale of toothbrushes and toothpaste is well below that
necessary for a good standard of oral hygiene. Many children visiting our
clinics do not have toothbrushes of their own.
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