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EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS AND SERVANTS. - The following
medical examinations by Essex County Council staff were carried out
during 1963:—
Entrants to County Council's Service 43
Other purposes 12
For other Authorities 5
HOME NURSING. — The home nursing service in Ilford continues
to be undertaken by nurses under the supervision of the Superintendent
of the Lady Rayleigh Training Home at Leytonstone but operating from
the Branch Home, "Abury House" in Aldborough Road, Ilford.
The work undertaken by home nurses in the Ilford area in 1963 was
as follows:—
Cases attended 1,757
Visits paid 52,679
HEALTH EDUCATION. — Dr. D. J. Gordon-Smith, Assistant County
Medical Officer reports as follows upon the general aspects of health
education:—
"This report will assess the progress made in health education
during the past year under three main headings — the use of printed
material, education in schools and education in public groups.
The use of Printed Material. - With fairly adequate storage space
now available, it has been possible to increase the number of posters
and leaflets held in stock. All printed material received from various
organisations has been critically assessed, and material which was
slightly out of date or unattractive has been discarded. Each month
a fresh stock of posters is sent to each clinic and is displayed
there. At the same time a similar poster has been displayed at Gants
Hill Underground and on Ilford Station. When the time came to renew
the contract with London Transport regarding the use of underground
station sites, it was felt that these sites had such a large viewing
audience and were so relatively inexpensive, that a site should be
hired on each of the six underground stations in the Borough. The
posters displayed are clearly marked as having originated from the
Public Health Department. Thus during any one month, mothers and
school children using the clinics ought to notice the one message
contained on the posters displayed, and if they subsequently have
to wait for a train on the underground, they may notice the same
message repeated. With this technique of the mass display of posters,