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Student Health Visitors
Eight students from Battersea Polytechnic, the Royal College of Nursing
and County Council sponsored students were accepted for practical
training during the year. Considerable care is taken in the preparation of
their programme to ensure that they have as wide experience as possible
of all the services which may have a bearing on their future work. Health
visitors, education authorities, local voluntary bodies and the chief
officers of various statutory services have been most co-operative in
making this possible.
Student Nurses
Programmes of observation visits for student nurses from the Prince
of Wales's General Hospital and from the Middlesex Hospital, W.I.
have been arranged in the Area during the year. The visits follow lectures
on "Social Aspects of Disease" and are intended to give practical and
visual illustration of work done in the public health field of the National
Health Service.
The intention is to give each student an opportunity to observe a
different aspect of the public health services so that as much as possible
can be reported upon in the general discussions which are held when the
student nurses return to hospital.
Lectures
During the year the Superintendent Health Visitor (Miss Townsend)
gave eight lectures on the Social Aspects of Disease to student nurses in
training at the Prince of Wales's General Hospital. A number of other
talks to local bodies and one to a Ministry of Education Course for Western
European Union delegates have also been given.
Visitors
Visitors to the Area include ward sisters from the Staff College of
King Edward's Fund for London, student nursery nurses from residential
nurseries, health visitor students from the Royal College of Nursing,
student teachers, Barnado's Home Office Course students, student sister
tutors and others studying Occupational Health Nursing. Two Birmingham
University social science students also attended and other small local
groups of young people. The majority of these are interested in the
health visitors functions and many of the programmes arranged for these
visitors include actual experience with the health visitor.
Voluntary Organisations
Clinic premises have been made available to voluntary bodies, the
National Blood Transfusion Service, the Family Planning Association and
the Old People's Welfare Committee. The family Planning Association
has had the use of the School Clinic, Weston Park, Hornsey on Monday
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