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Midwives
Fifteen pupil midwives from Edgware General and Bushey Maternity Hospitals
completed three-month periods of district training in the Borough, while residing at
the Nurses Home, Gervase Road, Burnt Oak.
Midwives and health visitors assisted the Institute of Community Studies in a
study of the provision of birth control services.
Home Nurses
Student nurses, social work students, senior girls from Finchley Grammar School
and others received training and information from periods of up tothree days.
The home nurses attended training sessions and passed the examination for
the National Certificate for District Nurses.
In-Service Training
The Department continued to run programmes of in-service training at six-monthly
intervals. Each course included lectures given by principal and senior officers of the
Health and Welfare Department and by officers of other departments of the Council. The
subjects studied in detail included Environmental Health, Mental Health, Welfare
Services, Housing and the Nursing Service.
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