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STAFF AND TRAINING
The Borough Council has an Advisory Committee on Education, Training
and Qualifications of local government officers. The Committee consists of
representatives from each of the main departments of the borough council.
Dr. B. J. Cooper represented the Health Department.
The Advisory Committee meets regularly to consider and make recommendations
concerning applications by officers for approval to attend courses
leading to recognised qualifications.
A half-day meeting held in January and organised by the Principal Medical
Officer for School Health, was attended by 107 members of the Health,
Education, Children's and Welfare Departments of this Borough and of the
neighbouring Boroughs of Barnet and Haringey. The meeting, with the
permission of the Chief Education Officer, was held at the Teachers' Centre,
Craddock Road, Enfield, and the subject was " Subnormality and Severe
Subnormality The principal speaker was Dr. Livingston (Deputy Physician
Superintendent, Leytonstone House Hospital), who explained the problems
facing hospitals for the subnormal and severely subnormal. Miss Bambridge,
one of the Borough's educational psychologists, discussed psychometric
assessments; and Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Queen, Headmasters of Oaktree and
Durants Schools for Educationally Subnormal Pupils, respectively, spoke on
the education of the subnormal child. Unfortunately, Mrs. Hudson, Head
Teacher of the Junior Training School, was prevented by illness from attending
the meeting, where she was to have spoken on the care of the severely
subnormal child. This most informative meeting concluded with the showing
of some colour slides on the activities at Durants School.
The in-service training courses for selected groups of home helps were continued
during 1970. Each course consisted of five separate talks, followed
by discussion, each session lasting altogether about two-and-a-half hours.
The Home Help Organiser gave the introductory and final talks. During the
sessions a principal medical officer, a mental welfare officer, a welfare
officer, a midwife and a home nurse all gave addresses. The Health
Education Officer gave a practical demonstration on the prevention of
accidents in the home. A further demonstration was given with the help of
the Casualties Union, during the home nursing sessions. The talk on mental
welfare included the showing of the film " Stress The continued success
of this in-service training is most encouraging.
Lectures were arranged within the Department for health visitors on the
following subjects: the implication and implementation of health education;
the care of children's feet; obesity; and young children in brief separation.
Courses attended by Health Department staff
(the number of officers attending is shewn in brackets after each course)
Medical Officers
National Association for Mental Health refresher course — 5 days (1); Home
dialysis —1 day (1); Developmental paediatrics in general practice and
child health— ten Thursdays (1); The Handicapped Child — 2 days (1);
Obstetrics and gynaecology — 2 days (1); Obstetrics and gynaecology and
problems of planned parenthood — 5 days (1).
Dental Officers
and Assistants
Diploma in Dental Public Health — 3 terms of ten weeks (1); Course for
dental nurses — two terms part time (2).
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