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Visits
10 Menopausal adjustments 24
11 Drug problems 17
12 Alcohol 4
13 Dieting 6
14 Homelessness 14
15 Housing queries 83
16 Medical problems affecting
schoolchildren 75
17 Termination of pregnancy 5
18 Occupational problems 3
19 Home dialysis 1
20 Supporting families when a member
is in prison 6
21 Adoption 6
22 Families nursing terminal illness 9
23 Unmarried mothers with problems 25
24 Problems with A.I.D. 1
25 Immigrant family 1
26 V.D. 1
In-Service Training
During the year an in-service course was organised for
all the health visitors,on Developmental Paediatrics. This included
lectures on:
(a) Chromosome abnormalities
(b) Screening procedures, including vision and
hearing as well as speech development, and other
developmental tests.
(c) Metabolic disorders and factors affecting
development.
(d) Several films were shown on medical procedures
for testing at different stages of development.
Screening procedures are normally performed by the medical
officer at clinic sessions. There was some concern that defects
could be missed in the non-clinic attenders and this course enabled
the health visitor to carry out certain screening procedures in the
patients homes.
Seminar Sessions at Child Guidance Clinic
Dr.Anscombe, consultant psychiatrist, agreed to see a
representative group of health visitors for "teach-ins" fortnightly