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colleges have relatively small numbers of students, the
difficulty is to provide a comprehensive service with
educational psychology, psychiatry and psychotherapy
provision. The solution to this problem may lie in grouping
colleges and institutions of further education and so provide
a Group Student Health Service.
The general health of students at the Polytechnic
Colleges remains satisfactory. It was notpossible to
introduce a medical screening and selective examination
programme during the year owing to staffing and
administrative difficulties. It is anticipated that this system
will commence next year.
A one day conference on sexually transmitted diseases
was held at Isleworth Polytechnic for lecturers, teachers
and other persons concerned with the welfare of young
people. The conference was organised by the General
Studies Department of the College in conjunction with the
Health Department and was well attended. As in previous
years, talks on aspects of health and welfare of young
people were given to parents of students and to youth
leaders.
Industrial Health Service
"The interests of employer and employee usually co-incide:
both want a healthy employee". (Norman LG 1960)
Hounslow was the first Borough to set up an Industrial
medical and nursing advisory service for local industry.
Over the three years of its existence, the Service has been
increasingly used by managers of factories and offices and
to a lesser extent by employees. Advice on a variety of
occupational health problems was given to employers
including control of fume from toxic organic solvents and
the protection of workers from the respiratory hazards of
silicotic dusts. A number of the medium size factories in
the Borough employ industrial nurses but have no doctor
visiting. Most of these nurses have been contacted and
several consulted the Occupational Physician or Nurse about
industrial health matters occurring in their factories or
offices.
The full time staff of the Occupational Health Unit is
Dr. A R Broadbent, Nurse A M Griffin and Mrs I C Guy
(Secretary).
References: Report of the Committee on Safety and
Health at Work (1970-72) (Roben's Report).
Occupational Health Practice (Schilling
1972).
Modern Trends in Occupational Health
(Schilling 1972).