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Displays were mounted at each clinic and posters were
shown in day nurseries and on outside display boards. Each month
the general theme was changed,, During 1969 the various themes were:
January Winter Health
February Dental Health
March Medicines with Care
April Health Hazards
May Summer Safety
June Prevention of Drowning
July Holiday Hazards
Housing Improvements
August Use of Leisure
Flay Material for
Children
September Immunisation and
Infectious Diseases
October Foot Health
November Winter Safety
December Nutrition
Talks on these themes were also given at the clinics, clubs
and schools.
In addition to these planned monthly programmes, films were
shown to twenty-one nursery groups during December.
In January a printed health education service brochure was
distributed to clubs, voluntary organisations and churches and this
evoked considerable response in the form of requests for talks, film
shows and discussions from the bodies concerned.
Assistance with health education training was given at
courses arranged for home helps, play group leaders and for leaders
and senior members of the borough youth service.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948 - SECTION 47
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT. 1951
When it is brought to my notice by the general practitioner
or the field workers of the department, relatives or by others, that
an aged or ill person can no longer manage to live by himself or
herself or in the family setting satisfactorily (according to the
standards of a civilised society), despite the domiciliary support we
are able to give, and is unwilling to go to an appropriate institution
such as a hospital or welfare home, the provisions of these Acts may
need to be invoked0 These Acts provide for the removal of persons
to suitable premises when they are:
(a) suffering from grave chronic disease, or being
aged, infirm or physically incapacitated, are
living in insanitary conditions, and are