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Education and use had been made of their posters, exhibition
material, film strips, leaflets, etc. Every month 1,750 copies of
"Better Health" are distributed through Maternity and Child
Welfare Clinics. The Health Committee also contributes to the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and their posters
and leaflets are exhibited at Infant Welfare and School Clinics.
Constant emphasis is made by Health Visitors during their
district visiting on this question of safety in the home. The
Sanitary Inspectors have conducted lecture courses for all personnel
throughout the Borough concerned with food handling
for commercial or canteen purposes.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
(I) Administration
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(a) The Health Committee is directly responsible. The
Medical Superintendent of the Mental Hospital serving
Croydon is a co-opted member of the Committee.
(b) Staff employed comprise the Medical Officer of Health
in general administrative control. The Deputy Medical
Officer of Health and one Assistant Medical Officer of Health
are approved as certifying Officers for Mental deficiency.
Five Duly Authorised Officers deal with duties under The
Lunacy and Mental Treatment, and The Mental Deficiency
Acts. The Occupation Centre has a Supervisor, one qualified
and 3 other assistants.
(c) There is close personal contact with Medical Officers
and Social Workers of the Mental and Mental deficiency
hospital service. The Mental Hospital had an established
follow-up system which has been extended since the appointed
day and duplication by the local health authority is clearly
unnecessary. At the request of the institution concerned,
supervision of patients on licence from mental defective
colonies is carried out by the Authorised Officers, who supply
the necessary reports.
(d) The Guardianship Society supervise a small number
of Croydon patients placed in the Brighton area. Convalescent
Homes of the Mental After-care Association are used for
patients recommended for recuperative holidays.
(e) Since the appointed day, Authorised Officers have
attended courses arranged by appropriate organisations in
in the London area. No local training scheme has been