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fied health visitors, when they will be a very welcome addition to
the staff. Two of the students are at Battersea College of Advanced
Technology, two at London University Institute of Education and
two at Chiswick Polytechnic.
Three of our day nurseries are recognized " training nurseries "
and provide fourteen places for nursery nurse students, seven
first-year and seven second-year. The students attend Brixton
Day College two days a week for the theoretical part of their
training and receive their practical training in the day nurseries.
Seven students commenced training this year and five completed
their training.
A number of staff attended short courses on various aspects of
their work. Four health visitors attended ten-day courses for
Field Work Instructors to enable them to supervise the practical
training of health visitor students. Two staff attended a four-day
Introductory Course for School Nurses and four home nurses
and two midwives attended special study days arranged by the
London Boroughs Training Committee.
In addition to the above courses, arrangements were made for
all midwives and health visitors due to attend refresher courses at
five-yearly intervals to go on suitable courses. These are arranged
by the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing,
the Health Visitors' Association and the Central Council for Health
Education and are recognized by the Ministry of Health.
FACILITIES FOR STUDENT TRAINING
The health visiting and public health nursing services of the
Borough provide good facilities for students requiring public
health or home nursing experience and we receive many requests
for training and observation visits.
During the year practical health visiting experience was provided
for eight student health visitors from Battersea College of Advanced
Technology. We have continued to provide a short period of
experience of public health work for the third-year students from
the Nurse Training Schools of the various local hospitals. A oneor
two-day programme is planned for each student. During the
year, arrangements were made for about 200 students. In addition,
visits and talks were arranged for a number of students and
visitors from various fields of public health or social work.
The domiciliary midwifery service provided a period of three
months' training for 46 pupil midwives and a single-day course for
18 student nurses taking the Obstetric Nursing Course.
Visits were also arranged for a number of students from
overseas.