Prize winning essays from the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health and the Royal Sanitary Institute

Prize winning essays from the John Edward Worth essay competition, Health Visitors essay competition, and the Nursery Nurses essay competition.

John Edward Worth prize essay competition:
"Noise and the Family" by "Halcyon" (Mrs B. Corcoran), 1963.

"The Housewife and Hygiene in the Kitchen" by "Trynibuah" (Mrs R. V. Thain), 1967

Health Visitors prize essay competition:
"Suggestions for the Training of Health Visitors to Meet Present Day Conception of the Health Visitors Work" by "Ancilla Familiae" (Miss Ilse Windmuller), 1954.

"Suggestions for the Training of Health Visitors to Meet Present Day Conception of the Health Visitors Work" by "Chiron" (Miss A. Barker), 1954.

"Objectives and Priorities of Health Visiting as a Service to the Community" by "Bladud" (Susan Jones), 1959 (first prize).

"Objectives and Priorities of Health Visiting as a Service to the Community" by "Terry London" (Doreen S. Collins), 1959 (second prize).

"The Health Visitor and Mental health: Preparation for New Developments" by "Psyche" (Mrs Elizabeth Merson), 1960 (first prize).

"The Health Visitor and Mental health: Preparation for New Developments" by "Emma Woodhouse" (Miss E. F. Deans), 1960 (second prize).

"The Future Social Welfare Structure as Envisaged in the Younghusband Report" by "Old Rosina" (Miss Constance Thorn), 1961.

"Preparation for Living: The Health Visitor's Part in Influencing Young People" by "Holme Fell" (Mrs Editha J. Orpwood), 1964. The 1964 prize was shared jointly by Mrs Editha J. Hopwood and Miss Patricia Hunn.

"Settlement of Families New to the Community: The Health Visitor's Contribution" by "A Campanologist" (Miss R. E. Bevan), 1965. The 1965 prize was shared jointly by Miss R. E. Bevan, Miss E. M. Turner, and Mrs E. J. Orpwood.

"Problems Connected with Illegitimacy" by "Oliver Twist" (Miss Diana J. Gregory), 1966.

Nursery Nurses prize essay competition:
"The Day-Time Care of the 'Under Five' whose Mother is at Work" by "Anna Trent" (The Day Nursery Matrons of Stoke on Trent) 1955.

"The Integration of Children for Overseas into Nursery Life" by "Kalamazoo" (Mrs J. Mahatane), 1963.

"What Revisions Would You Suggest in the Training of the Nursery Nurse?" by "Kurasini" (Mrs Judith Mahatane), 1964 (first prize).

"What Revisions Would You Suggest in the Training of the Nursery Nurse?" by "Nicki Clement" (Miss Barbara Latham), 1964 (second prize).

"Accident Prevention for the Under Sevens" by "Juliet" (Mrs Judith Mahatane), 1965 (first prize).

"Accident Prevention for the Under Sevens" by "Jane Louise" (Miss Betty L. Hayward), 1965 (second prize).

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