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courses are undertaken at Tottenham Technical College. One student is attending
Aston University, Birmingham, after completing his first year at Tottenham.
Three of the students who were in their final year and passed the final
examination have been appointed to the permanent staff.
Mrs. H. M. Smith, a senior mental welfare officer, began the second year of
a two-year course at the North Western Polytechnic for the Certificate in Social
Work. A supernumerary trainee who was selected as a trainee mental welfare
officer is now at college in Ipswich. Mr. D. Doyle, a mental welfare officer, began
a two-year course at Portsmouth College, also leading to a Certificate in Social Work.
The four student health visitors who began their training at the beginning of
the year qualified in September and joined the staff as health visitors. Four other
health visitor students were sponsored for training and began their courses in
September.
Eight midwives attended statutory five-yearly refresher courses and three home
nurses, as required by the Council, attended three-yearly refresher courses. A
further eight home nurses undertook the District Nurse Training Course at Chiswick
Polytechnic.
In the administrative section, Mr. S. N. Dance, the Chief Administrative Officer,
attended a two-day computer appreciation course organised by the Local and Public
Authorities Computer Panel, County Hall, Hertford, and Mr. A. K. Clark, one of
the senior administrative officers, attended a five-day course organised by the Royal
Institute of Public Administration.
Six clerical officers were approved for attendance at the day release course for
the Local Government Clerical Examination at Tottenham Technical College.
Three shorthand typists attended this college for Royal Society of Arts certificates,
and a junior officer completed a thirteen week Local Government Induction Course.
Two nursery nurse students at the day nursery began, and two other students
continued, their two-year day release course at Tottenham Technical College for
the Nursery Nurses Examination Board Certificate.
One of the senior instructors at the Adult Training Centre completed a year's
full-time course of training for teachers of mentally handicapped adults, and a
second instructor began a one-year course at Birmingham. From the Junior Training
School two assistant supervisors attended a five-day refresher course. The Warden
of the Recuperative Hostel attended a one-day course in the Management of Hostels.
The first in-service training course for selected groups of home helps took
place in September. It consisted of six talks, each followed by a discussion and
lasting altogether about an hour. Talks were given by a health visitor, a midwife,
a home nurse and a principal medical officer, while the introductory and final talks
were given by the Home Help Organiser. Subjects included food values, co-operation
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