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Health Visitors
Monthly Staff Meetings were held and speakers on topics relating to
Health Visiting were a regular feature. For example:—
(a) Miss J. Hayes, Superintendent Health Visitor from the County Borough
of Oxford a member of the Central Health Services Council, spoke about
the Council's report on the future role of the Child Health Centres.
(b) Mrs. Toomer from the Royal National Institute for the Blind spoke about
the problems and training of blind children.
Visitors to the Department
Now that Health Education work is firmly established in Croydon it is
interesting to note how many Colleges and Organisations ask for sessions
in Croydon for their students on the subject of Health Education organisation,
principals, methods and techniques. Although not fully operational
because of disruption caused by the move to Taberner House, the following
groups were fitted in during the year:—
Health Visitors' Association
One group of Health Visitor Fieldwork Instructors
Two groups of Health Visitor Students
One group of School Nurses.
Croydon Hospital
Three groups of Student Nurses (in addition to lectures on the social
aspects of disease given at the hospital by members of the Staff)
Royal College of Nursing
Four groups of Health Visitor Tutors
Two groups of Public Health Administrators
One group of Health Visitor Students.
University of Surrey and Brighton College of Technology
One group of Health Visitor Students from each College.
London Boroughs Training Committee
Two groups of Health Visitors undertaking re-entry courses in health
visiting. ;
One group of Home Help Organisers.
Croydon Technical College
One group of Health Visitor Students (series of lectures was given in
the Health Education Section on Public Health Services by the
Deputy Medical Officer of Health).