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Pre-SchooI Play Groups and Child Hinders
By December 1969 there were approximately fifty registered Child Minders and
twenty registered Pre-School Play Groups.
The Principal Nursing Officer, together with the Principal of the Lansbury Adult
Education Institute, initiated the first course to be held in the Borough, which it
was hoped would help those mothers who wished to start play groups or who needed help in
running them.
The newly appointed Assistant Nursing Officer has successfully continued the
demanding task of instigating these courses in various of the Borough's clinic
centres and in available halls in conjunction with the Adult Education Institutes
and officers of the Inner London Education Authority.
The staff at the clinic centres appreciate any support they receive in the
important task of helping to inculcate desirable standards in the early formative
years of the lives of children.''
ANTE- AND POST-NATAL C-LINiCS
Sessions are conducted in Counci1 clinics by midwives and medical officers for ante- and
post-natal examinations In addition four general practitioners undertake ante-natal work for
their own patients in Council clinics which are made available to them free of charge, and
with a domiciliary midwife in attendance (Statistics on page 91)
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 91)
ADOPTION AND BOARDiNG-OUT
Children are medically examined by Heal th Department Medical Of ficers prior to admission to
children's homes orprivate foster homes on request f rom the Children's Department. Reports are
also made to the Children's Officer as to the suitability of persons wishing to adopt or foster
children, and advice provided on children being considered for adoption or boarding-out. During
the year 76 children were examined and reports were made on 39 prospective adopters.
CERVICAL CYTOLOGY
The service for the col 1ection of cervical smears for cytology investigation by hospital
authorities continued during the year with sessions in the Council's clinics. In addition a
general practitioner continued holding regul ar sessions in his surgery, assisted byamember of
the staff of the Health Department, and the Family Planning Association continued taking smears
at sessions held in Council clinics.. From these 1,519 examinations were carried out.In
addition, hospi tal s in the area read 11,482 slides and although all the latter did not refer to
borough residents it can be assumed that the majority did.
Details will be found on page 92 of the Appendix.
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