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Bermondsey 1931

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931

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cinema apparatus at the Baths to show sound films would be
very heavy, and as the usefulness of this form of propaganda is
limited, the expenditure is not justified. Consequently, for
the time being this section of the work has been suspended.
It was stated in my last Annual Report that the Council
are granting, with the co-operation of the Head Teachers and
teaching staffs of the schools, three classes of certificate by
examination for Personal Hygiene, i.e., Elementary, Intermediate,
and Advanced. During the past year 10 of the children who
obtained the Elementary Certificate in 1930 were awarded the
Intermediate Certificate, and 30 children obtained the Elementary
Certificate.
For the fourth year in succession, 2,000 copies of "Better
Health" have been distributed each month in the borough.
Owing to the smallness of the number of copies available, we find
a certain amount of difficulty in supplying all the demands for
copies, but we have endeavoured to share them out as evenly as
possible.