[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES DEALING WITH CHILD NEGLECT Regular meetings of officers have taken place at monthly intervals under the chairmanship ofthe Medical Officer of Health. The following were represented at these meetings:- The Chief Nursing Officer The Chief Welfare Services Officer The Children’s Officer The Director of Education The Family Case Worker The Housing Manager The Moral Welfare Worker, Lichfield Diocesan Association The Manager, National Assistance Board The N.S.P.C.C. Inspector The Probation Officer Representative of Town Clerk’s Department Representative of Mental Health Section The Superintendent, West Bromwich Division Staffordshire Constabulary. During the year a closer co-ordination of services dealing with child neglect has been possible bya compilation of a central register of families; this has made for easier pooling of infor¬ mation and experience. A Case Conference has also been meeting monthly to discuss the problems of particular families and to report to the Co-ordinating Meeting. The regular meeting of officers engaged in different forms of social work and the availability of information from all sources has contributed to a more adequate assistance of families and avoided waste of time and dissipation of services. The result has been that lit has been possible to deal with a greater number of families and more families have been given help earlier with a view to the prevention of a break¬ down of family life. The results for 1962 are as follows:- Number of families known to the meeting 119 Number of families on the live register at the beginning of the year (involving 127 children) 22 Number of families added to the register during the year. 11 Total number of families considered during the year (involving 184 children). 33