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Bermondsey 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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VII.—PROPAGANDA.
The Propaganda Section of the Department has now com pleted its seventh year and the number of lectures given during 1931 were as follows:—
| Lectures | Audiences | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 51 | 11,115 |
| Clubs and Other Institutions | 58 | 5,810 |
| Open Air with Cinema Van | 42 | 29,000 |
| Total | 151 | 45,925 |
Three new films were produced increasing the library to a
total of 21. Ihe first was entitled "Germs" and deals in a
popular way with the germ theory, with particular relation to
diphtheria This film was produced as an attempt to popularise
the Schick Test and Immunisation The second film was a
simple treatise on the work of a Municipal Authority and the
third, exercises and drill for groups of children.
Nine new pamphlets were produced and published, and
these, together with the 35 already in use, make a total of 44 now
in circulation.
During the past few years, cinema performances have been
given to school children in the hall at the Central Baths, Grange
Road. These were arranged through the "school organisation"
with the sanction of the London County Council. Suitable films
were hired and a small charge was made to the children to cover
the cost. Owing to the fact, however, that "talkie" films are now
almost universal we find it impossible to hire suitable silent films
because they are not being produced. The cost of altering the