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Among these visitors there were one hundred and two doctors, sixteen nurses'
fifteen administrative officers, six journalists, five social workers and twenty-six
students. They spent periods varying from a day to eight weeks in visits to various
types of health establishments and, where appropriate, were given talks by senior
officers both in the divisions and at County Hall. Documents relating to the Council's
health services were supplied to them and many visitors were advised with regard to
their programmes for seeing the services of other authorities, metropolitan and
provincial, which would be beneficial to them in their study of the health and allied
services in Great Britain.
Besides the individual visitors referred to above a number of delegations and
parties of visitors, totalling over 400 persons, came as organised groups to study the
Council's services. They included :-
12 members of a Yugoslavian parliamentary delegation who were given a talk
on the Council's health services and also visited a day nursery.
25 American ministers of religion who had a talk from the Medical Officer of
Health on the health services, followed by a visit to a welfare centre.
10 members of a Finnish parliamentary delegation who visited a welfare centre.
3 representatives of Yugoslavia (the Deputy Minister of Health, the Medical
Officer in charge of the Tuberculosis Service and the Medical Officer in charge of
statistics in the Yugoslavia Ministry of Health) who were given a series of talks by
senior officers.
3 representatives from Belgrade (the President of Belgrade, the Vice-President
of Belgrade and the Mayor of Zagreb) who witnessed a school medical inspection.
4 journalists (from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa), accompanied
by officers of the Ministry of Health, who visited a day nursery and a welfare
centre.
6 Indonesian Members of Parliament who were given a talk by the Medical ()fficer
of Health on the health services.
17 Norwegian nurses on a study tour of Britain who were given a talk and also
visited health service premises.
12 Soroptimists from Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Holland, Italy, and
Norway, who were given a talk on child care services followed by a visit to a welfare
centre and day nursery.
60 nurses belonging to an international group under the auspices of the National
Council of Nurses visited welfare centres, day nurseries and school treatment centres.
6 wives of delegates to a Colonial Conference who visited a welfare centre and a
day nursery.
3 Indonesian Army Officers who visited health service premises.
6 "Winant Volunteers" from the U.S.A. who visited divisional health services.
4 delegates of the International Women's Day who visited a day nursery.
20 health visitors and school nurses under the auspices of the Women Public
Health Officers Association who visited maternity and child welfare centres.
82 medical officers under the auspices of the National Association for Mental
Health who visited occupation centres for the mentally deficient.
5 members of the Northern Ireland Hospital Management Committee who visited
an occupation centre.
30 nurses under the auspices of the National Council of Nurses, including some
from abroad, who visited health service premises.
6 trade unionists from India who were given a talk on the public health services.
150 administrators, almoners, transport officers and foreign visitors visited the
Headquarters of the London Ambulance Station.