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HEALTH EDUCATION & HOME SAFETY
A Departmental Committee, comprising heads of each section of the Department,
and a Working Party with representatives of Health Visitors, School and Home Nurses,
Public Health Inspectors, Day Nursery Matrons, Dental Auxiliary and Play Group
Organiser have met regularly throughout the year to decide general policies and activities.
The following basic programme of projects was formulated: —
January Smoking, Fire & Winter safety
February, Dental & Personal Hygiene
March Fire
April, Care of feet Safety
May, June Food Hygiene for
Pre-school immunisation Baby
July, Summer Health Summer
August Leisure & Play accident
Preparation for school risks
September Scalds, Poisoning
October to Winter family Fire & Winter safety
December Health (including fireworks
and Christmas
accidents)
This programme was supplemented throughout the year by such subjects as Infectious
Diseases, Immunisation, Nutrition, Diet, Maternal and Child Health and also by various
special campaigns, all of which were supported by publicity posters and leaflets issued to
all health clinics, school treatment centres, area health offices, day nurseries, general
practitioners and group practice attachments, official notice boards and also offices of
other departments of the Council, including the Public Libraries.
Several original posters and leaflets have been produced for local services such as
the Mobile Health Clinic, Well Women's Clinic, Advisory and Preventive Clinics for "over
sixties", and Family Planning clinics and articles on health and home safety have been
written for the Council's "Civic News" magazine which has a circulation of
approximately 200,000 copies.
Visual aids e.g. films and film strips, projection apparatus, flannelgraphs, teaching
charts and equipment were provided for display and talks for clinics, mothers' clubs,
schools and various other groups.
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