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Community Film Shows - New educational films were screened in two of the
Department's maternal and child health centres for professional staff in the
Health and Social Services Departments. General Practitioners in the area and
hospital staff were also invited to attend. The success of this venture has
resulted in the request for further film screenings of new educational films
as and when they become available. New Posters were produced on the Smokers'
Advisory Clinic with a matching leaflet, on Pram Safety, Venereal Diseases
(circular fablon notice) Pood Hygiene, Pollution Control and First Aid.
Courses - Community Nurses' Option Course held regularly in the Metropolitan
Hospital have had the use of visual and other teaching aids from the Health
Education section of the Department.
The following Health Education themes are projected each month in the
Maternal and Child Health Centres;-
January - Family Planning
February - Dental Health
March - Smoking and Health
April - Venereal Diseases
May - Foot Health
June - Food and Nutrition
July - Summer Safety
August - Immunisation and Preparation for School
September - Oil Heaters
October - Exposure to Cold and Hypothermia
November - Safety Toys
December - Safety in the Home
MENTAL HEALTH
Co-operation with Hospital Staff
The Principal Medical Officer responsible for mental illness, mentally
handicapped and the elderly was accepted in the Psychiatric Cogwheel Committee
at Hackney Hospital and attended the meetings regularly.
Mental Health Liaison Committee
With the social services establishing Health Care Working Groups itself
in area offices the attendance of staff from the social services department
became impracticable and this Committee faded out at the beginning of 1973.
However, it was felt that there was a need for some kind of co-operation in
the different fields. This was expressed by social workers and hospital staff
as well as by one or two organisations, so at the beginning of 1973, Health
Care Working Groups for the Mentally Ill, Mentally Handicapped and the Elderly
were established.
One of the subjects discussed was the Assessment Clinic for the Elderly
at Hackney Hospital that was established at the middle of the year. This was
done in agreement with all bodies concerned with the Elderly, an achievement
on the part of the Geriatric Department at Hackney Hospital.