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schools, doctors, health visitors and social workers. Speakers included
hospital consultants, a staff inspector of the Inner London
Education Authority and senior officers of the Health Department.
The drug problem, sex education, venereal disease, smoking and
dental hygiene were among the subjects for discussion. The symposium
proved to be of considerable value in the development of
health education techniques in schools.
During 1969 organised teaching has been undertaken in centres,
in schools and in outside clubs on much the same scale as last year.
In the centres
Relaxation classes and talks on mothercraft continue to be popular
and are now held at eight centres. Good use is made of films
and slides at these sessions. One new development is a class for
the elderly held at the Tooting centre which has proved to be
popular.
In the schools
Much of the teaching on health subjects is directed towards
individual children on subjects such as dental hygiene, care of the
hair and feet, etc., but during the year more formal teaching was
undertaken at four schools. At one senior school for girls, the
Sixth-Formers attended a series of talks by their own teachers
and others on the subject of "Marriage" and the health visitor
gave talks on "Pregnancy" and "The Child" Talks were also
given at a College of Education on " The Social Aspects of
Disease" by a health visitor who also took part in a discussion
following the showing of a new film on " Childbirth
In local groups
Requests from local groups, such as mothers' unions, women's
clubs, etc., for speakers on health topics were met by the health
visitors and we are always pleased to co-operate in this way with
as wide a section of the local population as possible.
The health education team employed by the Inner London
Education Authority have again given their valuable services in
Wandsworth and have visited a number of schools in the area by
direct arrangement with the Heads of Schools. The team have
also organised health education publicity in the Greater London
Council Parks.
Family casework and problem families
The six social workers (health services) combine visiting problem
families with their work in the School Clinics.
These families, who are often referred by other social workers,
are usually those with numerous problems needing constant attention.