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3. Funeral Arrangements.
Arrangements were made with regard to the burial of five
persons within the terms of the National Assistance Act, 1948.
4. Medical Examinations.
During the year the medical staff carried out 224 examinations
of Borough Council employees in respect of the Superannuation
and Sick Pay Schemes.
5. Health Education.
(a) Lectures were given by the staff of the Department.
(b) Miss H. Rodway, F.R.C.O.G., Obstetrician Superintendent
at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital, arranged the usual course of
mothercraft lectures. In each case the speaker was a medical or
nursing specialist.
(c) Town Hall Foyer.
During the year several special exhibits were arranged.
(d) Lung Cancer.
Sixty posters were shown on sites under the control of the
Borough Council and 5,000 bookmarks were distributed through
the Library Service.
(e) "You, Me and Us" Exhibition.
This was organised by the Walthamstow Methodist Circuit
and took place between April 24th and 26th at Shern Hall, Shernhall
Street. The Health Department, in conjunction with the County
Health Department, organised an exhibit in regard to the health
services and the facilities available for the elderly.
(/) Accidents in the Home.
The Borough Council gave consideration to the formation of
a Home Safety Committee, but decided to take no action in this
regard for the time being. The Council directed the Health Committee
of the Health Department to undertake all measures in regard
to publicity.
All staff undertaking domiciliary duties were instructed to
stress the need for fireguards and full advantage was taken in
regard to the National "Guard that Fire" campaign in the autumn.
This campaign is more fully referred to in the section dealing with
the Health Area Services.
(g) Burns and Scalds.
The Ministry's Memorandum was circulated to all the staff of
the Department and a form giving the name and address and the
type of accident was agreed with the Hospital Service for reports
to be made with the patient's consent of all such cases treated at
hospitals. Follow up visits were then paid.