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(iii) Prevention of break-up of families
In association with the Children's, Housing, and Welfare Departments and voluntary
workers, work in this field was strengthened under a revised co-ordinating committee
procedure, including a members' co-ordinating committee for social services, composed of
the Chairmen of the appropriate Standing Committees of the Council.
(iv) Venereal Diseases
Contact tracing was developed further over the year in conjunction with the Whitechapel
Clinic, as described by Mr. Ambrose King, F.R.C.S., elsewhere.
(v) Cervical Cytology Service
Expansion of this service included provision of kits for general practitioners,
extension of local authority clinic sessions and provision of smear-taking in local
Family Planning Association clinics as part of the family planning service.
Section 29 - Home Help Service
As an aid to home help recruitment, introductory courses were organised for new and
potential recruits to the service. These take the form of seminars, discussion groups
and practical visits and demonstrations to make the new staff more familiar with the
associated domiciliary services.
To investigate the problem of the 'old, social isolate' a meeting arranged by the
Health Department was attended by representatives of general practitioners, local hospitals,
and social workers from many organisations in the borough. From this came a proposal
for a case conference approach, to be arranged by the home help organisers at the request
of any of the interested agencies, in which full investigations and special help for
intractable cases could be planned. This is now in operation.
ANTE- AND POST NATAL CLINICS
Sessions are conducted in Council clinics by midwives and medical officers for anteana
post-natal examinations. In addition seven general practitioners have undertaken
ante-natal work for their own patients in the Council's clinics which are made available
to them free of charge, and with a domiciliary midwife in attendance. (Statistics on
page 104).
ANTE - NATAL MOTHERCRAFT AND RELAXATION CLASSES
These classes are held by domiciliary midwives and health visitors in Council clinics
for both institutional and domiciliary booked cases. (Statistics on page 104).
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