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were made available to the staff of the Department. The London Boroughs Training Committee
continued to be prominent in arranging courses and study days for midwives, district
nurses, school nurses and social workers.
Courses and study days attended by staff inter alia embraced the following subjects:
Diploma in Applied Social Studies
Diploma in Municipal Administration
Diploma in Home Teaching for the Blind
Social Work Course leading to the National Certificate
Family Casework
Management of Hostels for Mentally Disordered Adults
District Nurse Training
Mental Subnormality
Mental Development and Diagnostic Testing of the very young
Drug Addiction
Home Safety
Work of Rodent Operators
Applied Entomology
Noise Control
Living with Disability
STUDENT ATTACHMENTS
The Department continued to provide facilities for students' practical training in Health
and Welfare establishments and students attending were engaged in University and Colleges
of Technology studies covering the various disciplines in Health and Social Welfare work.
In addition practical training facilities were made available in connection with the Council's
Training Scheme, whereby up to 20 trainees a year are engaged and given an opportunity to
work in the various Departments of the Council to enable them to decide on the form of Local
Government service in which they are most interested and which will lead them to follow a
career.
EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE
The Authority's Emergency Night and Weekend Telephone Service, established at the
Town Hall, Hendon, which provides for the benefit of all Departments of the Council has
continued to show that such a service is of distinct value insofar as emergency calls for
midwives, mental welfare officers, social welfare officers and urgent matters of environmental
etc. health need to be dealt with expeditiously.
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