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physically handicapped and blind persons to Craft and Choral Classes, Day and Work Centres
etc., comprised six twelve-seater vehicles and one twenty-four-seater, all vehicles being
provided with tail lifts. It is hoped that in 1969, three other vehicles will have been
delivered and which will enable transport to be provided at the required level and in respect
of rapidly developing services.
As in previous years, I would again pay tribute to the excellent service received through
the medium of the Borough Engineer & Surveyor's Department and acknowledge the cooperative
and understanding manner in which both drivers and escorts of the special vehicles
perform their duties.
TRAINING COURSES
During 1968 a wide variety of training courses, refresher courses, study days etc. 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 Public Health
Diploma in Municipal Administration
Social Work Course leading to the National Certificate
Diploma Course for Teachers of Mentally Handicapped Children
Refresher Course for Teachers of Mentally Handicapped Children
Mental Subnormality
Course for Head Teachers of Junior Training Schools
Course for staff of Adult Training Centres
Spastics
Developmental Paediatrics
Assessment of Hearing Loss in Children
Assessment of Handicapped Children
Screening tests for eye defects
Maternal and Child Welfare Refresher Course
District Nurse Training
Field Workers' Course
Case presentation for Health Visitors
Midwives' Refresher Course
Preparation for Childbirth
Geriatrics
Course for Matrons and Wardens of Old People's Homes
Policy and Management of Residential Care
Public Health
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