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" A " (Tuberculin Tested) Milk, and the latter has been copied by
many papers, both medical and lay. Dr. Connan has also written
articles on heliotherapy and propaganda which have been published
in journals specially interested in public health.
As a result of the efforts of the Propaganda Officer a new branch
of the Junior Red Cross Society has been started in Bermondsey
and has got a membership now of 585, and they are members of
practically one school, so that the possibilities of this number
increasing are very great. It is most important to get the junior
members of the community interested in public health as they are
the fathers and mothers of the future.
As a consequence of the newspaper articles and references to our
work we have had enquiries from all parts of Great Britain, and also
from France. There is no question, therefore, that this campaign
has aroused great interest, and I think that if we proceed steadily
in the matter, the results will be evident in an increased knowledge
on public health matters in the near future.
The following report was received from Dr. Thynne on
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The aim of preventive medicine is not only to reduce the death
rate, but to lower the " damage rate," and to make all the survivors
healthier and stronger.
To estimate the value of preventive work in actual figures is
impossible. Those engaged in such work are always sowing, others
will reap in due course.
Bermondsey residents who can compare the children seen in the
streets and playgrounds to-day with those seen some twenty years
ago when no Maternity and Child Welfare Centres existed in the
Borough, testify that a great improvement is easily discernible.
Various agencies have contributed to this improvement, and not
least among them are the activities grouped under Maternity and
Child Welfare.