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Child Health, Great Ormond Street, who spoke about "Growth and
Development of the School Child" and "Nutrition and the School
Child" respectively.
Their lectures were followed by short talks from representatives
of various parts of the school health service, i.e.
speech therapist, peripatetic teacher of the deaf, principal
dental officer, deputy principal school medical officer, youth
employment officer and health education officer, who took the
opportunity to explain and give each member of the staff a copy
of "Suggestions for Health Education in Croydon Schools".
Venereal Disease
The previous policy of giving personal instruction and inservice
training to teachers in school continued. Special talks
were given on request to groups in secondary and grammar schools.
Information continues to be given to parents of primary
school children during the special sessions held for them on
"Talking to Children about Growing Up".
Smoking and Lung Cancer.
An intensive programme was carried out throughout the
Borough in 1964. The subject has been followed up since in the
community health programmes and, by special request, in some
secondary and grammar schools.
Miscellaneous
A growing interest in "Social Studies" in secondary schools
has caused many teachers to seek help from the Health Education
Section. Much of the work undertaken under this title is health
education and there is a growing awareness of its value in
general education. Successful experimental discussion groups
have been led by health education staff with fourteen year old
girls and boys together at South Croydon Secondary School.
A first aid course was given at Lady Edridge Grammar School
and the girls took the British Red Cross Society examination
afterwards.
The Health Education Section has purchased a "Resusci-Anne"
model and the Admiralty Series of films on "Emergency Resuscitation".
An extensive programme on "Mouth-to-Mouth" life saving is
planned to cover as many schools as possible in 1966.
Lectures were given to the Croydon Youth Leadership Training
Council Stage II Training Course and to students at Coloma
Teacher Training College. A course at ffoodcote County Secondary
School and various examinations in Home safety for the Duke of
Edinburgh's award were also undertaken during the year.