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Regular monthly conferences attended by doctors, health visitors, probation
officers, medical social workers and mental welfare officers are held at Chase Farm
Hospital.
A joint meeting of social workers from the Boroughs of Enfield and Haringey,
and Claybury and Friern Hospitals, is held monthly when problems of mutual
interest and benefit to the community are discussed. At these meetings speakers
working in other fields are invited to talk about their work.
We also have six student public health inspectors, including two young ladies
who are pursuing a three-year "Sandwich" course of study at local technical
schools. Two students successfully completed their courses of study and were
appointed to the establishment.
Twelve clerical officers are undertaking studies leading to the clerical examination
and four of our shorthand/typists are undergoing further advanced training
at local technical colleges.
The Borough Council appointed some 30 school leavers as supernumerary
officers, who were given the opportunity of working for several weeks in each of
the departments of the Council. All these young people were well qualified educationally
and the talents of many were brought to light and developed during their
sojourn in the various departments. From these trainees the Health Department
recruited six young people, who are already making headway in the sections in
which they have been placed.
COURSES ATTENDED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF
Officers Courses Duration
Medical Officers Residential Course in
stration and Management—
National and Local Government
Officers' Association 10 days
Obstetrics 2 days
The Handicapped Child 2 days
Mental Health Services 2 days
Symposium on Mental Health 1 day
Psychiatry 5 days
Diploma in Public Health 1 year
(full time)
Public Health Inspectors Refresher Course on Poultry
Inspection 3 x 1 day
Estimating for Housing Improvement
Grants 6x1 day
Refresher Course — Bacteriology
in relation to Food and Food
Borne Disease 1 week
Week-end School 3 days
Short Course on Noise Control 4 x 1 day
Bacteriology of Food Inspection
and Production 1 day
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