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Health Education
Last year mention was made of a book being considered by a joint
working part of the Health and Education departments intended to "help
teachers to provide a wide range of learning experience leading to the
development of desirable health habits, attitudes and knowledge, and so
assist children to achieve health behaviour as a matter of personal choice".
The book was published in 1967 as "Health Education - Patterns for
Teaching. Daphne S. Elliott and Elaine T. May", and was very favourably
reviewed. Copies were supplied to every Croydon school and there has
been a considerable national demand.
Reports on Special Services
Much of our work is necessarily repetitive routine, but the Committee
have always fostered enthusiasm and progress by supporting recommendations
for reasonable pilot studies of new services. Most of these have proved of
value and become an accepted part of standard care. The special report of
Dr. White on her results at the Enuresis Clinic which began in 1954, is a
typical example and will, I am sure, be read with interest.
Preparations for the move to new offices included plans for the centralisation
of Medical Records. Their present part dispersal to schools is inefficient
and inconvenient, and it is hoped to accomplish this task without undue
delay.
It is a fair summary of the year under review that all basic services
were maintained, and planned developments went forward. The usual cordial
co-operation was forthcoming from the Chief Education Officer, members of
his staff and Head Teachers. Officers of the Department, by the efficient
discharge of their duties, satisfied the constant policy of the Committee to
meet the needs of the school children in Croydon.
Yours faithfully,
S.L. WRIGHT,
Principal School Medical Officer.