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good deal of extra work for health visitors in Tottenham in
satisfying the many enquiries from members of the public, in
attending vaccination clinics each evening and on Sunday morning
for the quarantine period Assistance was also given by health
visitors to the few direct contact families who were confined to
their homes Health visitors arranged for the purchase of food
and other commodities and for deliveries of goods in accordance
with the strict measures imposed to control the spread of infec
tion.
Health visitor/school nurses were also responsible for the
daily examination of each child in the school affected and for the
home visiting of absentees to ensure that no early signs of illness
were overlooked
Health Visitor Students
Practical training was arranged for seven health visitor
students during the year. These attended from The Royal College
of Nursing, Battersea Polytechnic and Chiswick Polytechnic Some
of these students came from overseas as far apart as Malaya and
Jamaica The work of arranging programmes and for demonstrating
the various aspects of the health visitor's work though of great
importance is very time consuming
Many voluntary and statutory bodies hospitals and other
departments connected with the health services have accepted the
students in our care for observation visits We consider that
all the effort devoted to the student health visitor is well worth
while as they bring with them a keenness to see as much as possible
and enthusiasm for their future vocation
Student Nurses
The Middlesex Hospital w 1 and the Prince of Wales s General
Hospital sent a number of nurses in training to the Area for
observation visits connected with health visiting As far as
possible different aspects of the work were shown so that a fairly
balanced picture of health services outside hospital was seen
Lectures on Social Aspects of Disease were given on seven occasions
during the year to student nurses in training by the Superintendent
Health Visitor, Other members of the staff gave evening talks on
local youth groups.