London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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staff. In addition to these individual visitors, 267 visitors came in organised parties,
sometimes for talks and sometimes for visits in the field, or both. These visitors were :
75 Science Masters' Association.
58 Women Public Health Officers' Association.
8 German Directors of Youth Homes.
4 World Health Orgnisation Delegates.
12 St. Margaret's Home Office School.
30 Chiropodists attending Annual Convention.
9 Scandinavian students.
14 Students attending Ministry of Education Course for Teachers at Furzedown
College.
24 Surrey County Council Health Visitor students.
20 National Council of Nurses' delegates.
5 from the Emergency Bed Service.
An international party of health visitor students from India (1), Sweden (2),
Trinidad (1), Eire (1), N. Ireland (1), Britain (2).
In addition, large groups of students came from the following organisations :
Royal College of Nursing.
Institute of Education.
Battersea Training College of Domestic Science.
National Society's Training College of Domestic Subjects.
King Edward's Hospital Fund.
Battersea Polytechnic.
Bedford College.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Queen Elizabeth College of Household and Social Sciencc.
National Association of Mental Health.
National Children's Home Sisters' Training College.
West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases.
Small groups of students or individual visitors came from the following hospitals or
other organisations :
West London Hospital.
St. Charles' Hospital.
Hammersmith Hospital.
Stanhope Institute.
Charing Cross Hospital.
Philippa Fawcett Training College.
Brompton Hospital.
Royal Masonic Hospital.
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Family Welfare Association.
Institute of Social Psychiatry.
Requests for facilities to inspect the Woodberry Down Health Centre have continued
since its opening in October, 1952, and during 1953 the following visitors were received
there:
Overseas visitors and visitors of exceptional importance 347
Medical visitors 233
Nursing visitors 877
Other visitors 785
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