[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City.
- St. Albans (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1962 22 meetings were held during the year, on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. Attendances averaged about 60 - 70. The programme was varied to provide a mixture of items of general interest and health education. It included such generalised subjects as a floral art demonstration, talk on bulb growing, film on central heating etc. 1. Talk by Mr.R.E.C.Goddard, Chief Public Health Inspector, on his work. 2. Talk by Health Visitor on smoking, which, without foreknowledge of coming events when planning the programme, v;as given the night before the P.C.P. report was issued. This fortuitous happening certainly helped to reinforce the main points of the subject. Smoking and lung cancer was also dealt with by Dr.Gust later in the year when he visited the Mothers' Club. 5. Ta]k by Dr. M. Clarke, A.C.M.O., on bed wetting, A very interesting discussion followed, and several people commented afterwards that they had been very much enlightened and helped. 4. Talk by Mrs.Dearden (Psychiatric Social Worker) on some behaviour problems of children. 5. Talk by Miss D.Barker, Diocesan Worker on Deaf Children. 6. Two cookery demonstrations by the Potato Marketing Board and the Flour Advisory Bureau - with particular reference to food values and economic dishes. 7. Talk by Dr.G.Cust, M.O.H., on Child Health - the Parents' Respon<^ibilities. This again aroused much interest, and there were many appreciative comments. 8. Talk entitled Health Visiting Centenary - on the work of a Health Visitor. The Health Education topics were well received, and questions and discussion followed freely. I am quite sure that these programmes have helped to clarify peoples thoughts on many health topics, and are helping to lay a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30124190_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
