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means of putting into practice the new ideas of medico-social work.
In 1962 we again received two student health visitors from the Training Centre
at the South-East Essex Technical College and eighteen student nurses from
Rush Green Hospital for practical training. Student district nurses/midwives also
made observation visits to the Child Welfare Clinics.
The Superintendent Health Visitor has continued to give lectures on The
Social Aspects of Disease" to student nurses at Rush Green Hospital and to the
student district nurses/midwives from the Lady Rayleigh Training Home. A series
of three talks on "Health Education" was also given by her to the student health
visitors at South-East Essex Technical College at the request of the Principal
Health Visitor Tutor.
Three health visitors have attended refresher courses during the year on such
varied aspects of preventive medicine as Health Education, The Detection of Deafness
in Small Children and Mental Health. These courses are devised to enable
staff to keep abreast of new ideas and techniques and are greatly appreciated.
HOME NURSING
This service, together with approximately half of the domiciliary midwifery
service, is still administered from the County Training Home at Leytonstone.
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Smallpox
In January 1962, due to the arrival in December 1961 by air of a Pakistani who
was incubating smallpox, we anticipated that there might be some “consequences”
this country. As things turned out, the number of cases throughout the country was
comparatively small, and in this area we were fortunate to have no actual cases at
all.
Owing to widespread news broadcasting, etc., and the fact that in this area we
have quite a large number of Pakistanis employed in various industrial firms, the
Public Health Department was flooded with enquiries re smallpox vaccination.
Though surrounding areas had different ideas on the subject, it was decided that
it was fair to give vaccination to everyone who asked for protection against this
dread disease, and during the months of January, February and March, the numbers
attending our clinics for vaccination reached the hundreds. Extra clinics were instituted
to meet the demand, and all the staff combined to make tlv running of the
clinics as smooth and efficient as possible.
During the week ending 20th January 1962, nineteen sessions were held including
four evening sessions. The last special vaccination session was held on
18th May, 1962. Following this, the programme of vaccination reverted to normal
and smallpox vaccinations were done during the ordinary immunisation sessions.
In addition, medical officers visited the following factories where 5,551 employees
received vaccination.
Adelphi Press Limited
Adhesive & Allied Products Ltd.
R.J. Albon & Sons Limited
Alexandra Stone Co. (Barking) Ltd.
Barking Power Station
F.H. Bennett & Sons
Victor Blagden (Barking) Limited
British Paints Limited
British Printing Ink Limited
C. & M. Engineering Co. Ltd.
Cape Asbestos Products Ltd.
Collaro Limited
Delaney Gallay Limited
Denton Edwards Paints Limited
Dixon's Paints Limited
Eastern Joinery Works Limited
British East-Light Limited
Express Sheet Metal Co. Ltd.
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