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exhibition. A secondary display was provided in two adjoining shop windows
in Ripple Road, Barking.
Clinics and Nurseries
The year saw a considerable upsurge in the requests for assistance from
clinics and nurseries. Many members of staff took the opportunity of learning
how to use some of the equipment and requests for slides, filmstrips and
film loops exceeded those of previous years.
At the Annie Prendergast Day Nursery a very successful film show and talk
was given on the care of childrens' feet.
Displays. Exhibitions and Campaigns
As a result of the introduction of measles vaccination a campaign on
this subject was organised. The topic was also chosen as the theme for the
annual Town Show. Very good weather encouraged a large attendance and some
useful publicity was achieved, which was reflected in the requests for
vaccination.
An exhibition of a different type was organised at Barking Hospital
where a display on public health nursing was erected in the Nurses Training
School at a time when it was open to schoolchildren and the public in general.
Films and Film Making
With the co-operation of the Photographic Department of the Regional
College a start was made on the production of a 16 mm film on the work of
the dental auxiliary - a topic on which no professional film is available.
The script was prepared within the Health Department and some filming was
carried out during 1968 by the college staff and students, using both their
own and our equipment. Much work still remains to be done before the
film is completed.
Facilities were also made available at Annie Prendergast Nursery
for Drs. Sheridan and Hodgson of the Department of Health and Social
Security to produce a set of slides and tape recording entitled "Pre-school
examination of the 4 year old". This was shown by Dr. Hodgson to the
parents and staff of the nursery at an open evening before being
distributed by the Medical Recording Service.
During 1968 the demand for 16 mm film for schools and clinics was
nearly double that of the previous year.
In all 160 film shows were arranged, a high proportion of the films
used being from our own departmental library.
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