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HEALTH EDUCATION
Looking back, 1969 was a year of expansion. The Health Education
Working Party met monthly under the Chairmanship of the Assistant Principal
Nursing Officer having responsibility for this aspect of the work. The Committee
planned programmes and selected posters and pamphlets to fit in with monthly
topics featured throughout the borough. Centres arranged displays and
exhibitions and group talks on the selected topic. Much of the display material
was original being devised and made by the staff concerned.
Mothers Clubs in child health centres continued to grow in size and
number, providing a valuable medium for health education as well as being a
useful form of group therapy. Five centres now have regular meetings.
Arrangements were made for small children to be looked after while their mothers
joined in the group activities. Midwives and health visitors co-operated in providing
ante-natal classes and health visitors have continued to visit the South
London Hospital to participate in classes for expectant mothers.
Other audiences included Mothers Clubs in various settings, guides,
brownies, young wives, expectant mothers, schoolchildren and students. Venues
included schools, colleges of further education, churches, mother and baby homes,
out-patients departments, childrens homes and hostels for working adolescents.
Topics included the danger of drugs, sex education, family planning, first aid,
home safety, child care, road safety and personal hygiene.
To meet a request by a member of the Inner London Education
Authority staff facilities were made available for the photographing of the
Council's health services in action. As a result we acquired an interesting and
attractive set of slides which have already proved their worth as visual aids.
We are grateful for the loan of extra equipment by the Public Relations
Officer and for the help given by the Safety Officer.