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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH EDUCATION
During the year our Health Education programme has expanded
considerably with more of our younger Health Visitors taking an
interest in this subject and forming discussion groups among, the
mothers attending our clinics. Informality has been the keynote of
such meetings and a great deal of stimulating 'talk' has resulted.
The success of 'To Janet a Son' shown the previous year in
the Small Hall, Barking Town Hall encouraged us to make further
arrangements for the showing of this film in Woodward Hall on
16th October 1964 and we were gratified to find that on this
occasion the hall was packed with an audience of over 150 and as
one observer was heard to remark, "There were more fathers than
Bothers present".
Much ore interest has been shown during 1964 by the Head
Teachers in Health Education and in fact it has been difficult to
supply the appropriate personnel to meet the demand for talks to
children. I am delighted with this response and the amount of
Co-operation I have received in any arrangements made and in
fome schools Health Education has been included in the curriculum.
Miss Benfield, our Superintendent Health Visitor has spent
inch time, including many hours of her off duty,' spreading the
go spel of Health Education among voluntary groups throughout the
own.
These talks are summarised below:-
Number of Lectures
Given
Type of Audience
Number who
attended
128
School Children
2,628
7
Nurses in Training
123
79
General Adult Groups
871
45
Youth Groups
646
HOME SAFETY
The Home Safety campaign continued with press advertising
and posters as appropriate to the national theme suggested by the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. All the opticians
in the borough co-operated in a Sight Protection campaign by
showing special posters on their premises and distributing leaf-
lets to patients. Another special campaign related to the dangers
of fireworks and members of the Junior Accident Prevention Council
themselves distributed 500 leaflets and arranged for the display of
60 Posters. The Junior Accident Prevention Council also organised
Quiz competition which attracted 163 entries.
1,500 copies of a booklet "Do It Yourself With Safety" were
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