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GENERAL SERVICES
HEALTH EDUCATION
During 1966 there was a considerable expansion of this work
helped by the deployment of one full time and one part time health
visitor, mainly on health education duties.
Rooms at Worcester Park Clinic were taken over in July for
the preparation and storage of health education display materials and
equipment. These latter were augmented during the year by the
acquisition of a tape recorder, film strip projector, 13 film strips
and several display aids.
From August onwards, a monthly programme was arranged and
displays on the topics chosen were arranged in the clinics and in the
entrance hall to the Health and Welfare Department. The following
topics were presented:
August Litter and Safety on Holiday
September Immunisation
October Safety with Fireworks
November Smoking and Lung Cancer
December Safety for Christmas
The displays are accentuated where possible by talks and
exhibits in schools mainly, but also in other places.
To assist in co-ordination and planning, meetings were held
in the department every three months, starting in June, and attended by
representatives of the various sections of the department and by the
assistant education officer for schools. Arising from a meeting in
September came the idea of two seminars and these were held in November.
The first was in a committee room in Guildhall and enabled
members of this department to show a group of teachers representing the
secondary schools what can be done in schools to assist in this aspect
of the teacher's work. A series of good displays were on show and
some interesting talks were given.,
The second seminar was organised by the Education Department
and was a very helpful and much appreciated session of guidance on how
to put across our messages, particularly to our main target - the children
in school.
Much health education is given as a part of the daily work of
many of the professional workers in the department, especially the health
visitors and other social workers, the doctors, dentists, nurses and
public health inspectors. A number of these workers give talks to a