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120 <br /> Report of the <br /> Barnstable County Health Department <br /> The Barnstable County Health Department has con- <br /> tinued to provide services in the areas of environmental <br /> j. health, dental health, medical social work, nursing consul- <br /> tation and supervision, and control of communicable diseases. <br /> The staff of eight professional consultants, three laboratory <br /> and clerical workers, and one summer inspector is augment- <br /> ed by five staff working with the Handicapped Children's <br /> 1' Clinic of the Massachusetts Department of Public. Health; <br /> Division of Family Health, and by one worker from the Di- <br /> vision of Communicable Diseases Venereal Diseases. <br /> We believe that local services should be strengthened <br /> and supplemented, hence priority is given to the develop- <br /> ment of better health delivery patterns, to the orientation of <br /> r new town, school, and agency workers in the field of human <br /> services, and to some evaluation of proposed health services. <br /> Department staff are working cooperatively with Compre- <br /> hensive Health Planning, and with many state agencies and <br /> local health organizations. <br /> We also feel that the provision of in-service education, <br /> and undergraduate and graduate educational experiences, <br /> contribute to better health services. In order to broaden <br /> the understanding of public health practice and of the <br /> ! i scope, power and responsibility of a health department, we <br /> have had students as follows; a senior student of Public <br /> Health from the University of Massachusetts, as a summer <br /> sanitary-inspector; three senior students in Physical Ther- <br /> apy from Boston University who worked with the Handi- <br /> capped Children's Services; a graduate student from Boston <br /> University in nursing administration; two students from the <br /> University of Massachusetts Medical School; and from the <br /> Upper Cape Cod Vocational-Technical School, the practical <br /> nursing students have all had an observation experience; a <br /> second year, student in Hotel Management from Cape Cod <br /> Community College. In-service programs and conferences <br /> are held monthly for the nurses working in Home Health <br /> Agencies, and periodically for school -nurses and for health <br /> agents. The Cape Cod.Community College has. been willing <br /> to offer a one semester course in Public Health Law which <br />