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Health Centres
After many delays the Parkway Health Centre in New Addington was
finally opened and began a successful service which should benefit the
residents of this outlying estate.
The Domiciliary Nursing Team
The structure and deployment of services to link hospital and family
doctor care with Local Authority functions were kept under constant
review, both to improve present facilities and to provide maximum opportunity
to gain from future integration.
Care of Pre-School Children
The transfer of duties to the Social Services Department gave some
administrative problems but at all stages the staff involved were motivated
by the mutual wish to promote the welfare of the children. There was a
refreshing willingness to continue helping and to seek advice. A new
pattern of co-operation was fashioned to cope with the continued need for
supervision of health and for social support for large sections of the population.
Health Education
Because the service in Croydon was amongst the first to be established
and has developed under the inspired leadership of Miss Elliott, subordinate
staff have departed for promotion elsewhere with flattering but crippling
rapidity. No solution to this problem was forthcoming in 1971, but clearly it
must be remedied if the vital and growing work of the section is even to be
maintained. Authority to increase the establishment was given specifically
to expand the programme to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, but
recruitment of suitable personnel proved very difficult.
Family Planning
Full re-imbursement to the Family Planning Association was approved
for all women with medical/social needs.
Dental Services
Mr. B.J. West presents his first report which details increases in the
services to pre-school children and plans to extend this throughout the
Borough.
Environmental Hygiene
The Chief Public Health Inspector records the decision to extend the
Clean Air Act to the former urban district areas of the Borough. He also
mentions the growing concern with noise nuisances. The problem of