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Croydon 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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HEALTH EDUCATION INSERVICE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS (SECONDARY)
SEPTEMBER 15th - DECEMBER 1st. 1971
Sept. - The Formative Years - Before Birth
15th Miss D.S. Elliott
Principal Health Education Officer
Sept. - The Formative Years - The Child
22nd the Family
Miss D.S. Elliott, and
Miss E.T. May,
Senior Woman Inspector in Schools,
Croydon Education Department.
Sept. - The Formative Years - Towards
29th Physical Maturity
Miss D.S. Elliott.
Oct. - The Formative Years - Towards
6th Emotional Maturity
Dr. G. Crosse,
Consultant Child Psychiatrist,
Child Guidance Clinic.
Oct. - From Generation to Generation
13th Dr. M.K. Thompson, M.B., Ch.B.,
General Practitioner.
Oct. - Helping the Handicapped
20th Mr. D.B. Pettman,
Headmaster, St. Giles School for
Physically Handicapped and
Delicate.
HALF TERM
Nov. - Environmental Health - By Law and
3rd Education
Miss R.M.C. Stock, Dip.H. Ed.,
Senior Health Education Officer,
Nov. - Smoking and Health
10th Dr. R.H.J. Fanthorpe, M.D., C.R.C.P.,
Chest Physician, Mayday Hospital.
Nov. - The Sexually Transmitted Diseases
17th Today
Dr. J. Barrow, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,
Consultant Venereologist, Croydon
General Hospital.
Nov. - Pregnancy - Planned or Unplanned
24th Mrs. M. McDaniel, S.R.N., S.C.M.,
Health Education Officer.
Dec. - Avoiding Reality - Alcohol, Drugs or ?
1st Dr. H. Dale Beckett, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Consultant Psychiatrist,
Cane Hill Hospital.
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS
Children who are not making progress at school are referred for Tests of
Intelligence to a doctor with special training in the School Health Service or
to the School Psychological Service. All children recommended for special
school because of learning difficulty and other children where medical factors
may be playing a part receive a medical examination. A test of intelligence
may also be carried out during the investigation of a large number of other
medical problems.