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Number in brackets denote Lambeth residents only.
Number of NEW CASES in the year giving addresses in the London Borough
of Lambeth when attending venereal diseases clinics — 7,105.
Miss E. Early,
Chief Nursing Officer
ANNUAL REPORT, 1972
Health Education has continued throughout the year as an integral part of
the Health Directorate Service. With the appointment of our first Health Education
Officer in June, 1972, and the establishment, with supporting staff, of a Health
Education Section, it is intended that the service will be stimulated and expand.
Health Education with the Directorate
Health Education concerns all persons working within the Health Directorate.
It is an essential part of the work of the nursing personnel.
To ensure that all nursing personnel can benefit from the section, alternate
monthly Health Education meetings are held at selected Maternity and Child Health
Centres to which all staff are invited. The main topics discussed in 1972 were,
cancer education, birth and children's play.
Throughout the year, posters and leaflets have been issued on many topics
both in Maternity and Child Health Centres and on Borough boards, to promote
a public awareness, and to give information, particularly with regard to family
planning, cervical cytology, and the safe use of medicines.
Mothers Clubs are organised by Health Visitors, and include a high health
education content.