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Results.—We are sometimes asked whether all this work is
worth while and whether the results justify the efforts. If we were
advertising a commodity for sale we could say for certainty that
advertising did or did not pay. Business firms invariably maintain
that judicious advertisement is an important factor in increasing
the amount of trade done and that their success is usually in
direct relationship to the amount of advertising. If this is the
case with business, is it not reasonable to assume that good
results are obtained when advertising health. Unfortunately we
cannot prepare a balance sheet, neither can we with ease set down
in detail examples of results, but we are certain that this section
of the work in conjunction with that of the rest of the Public
Health Department is gradually improving the knowledge and
conditions of the population.
To complete this report without acknowledging the assistance
given by Medical Officers, Dental Officers and Sanitary Inspectors
would be ungrateful. When asked to give lectures, these officials
always do so most willingly, often at considerable inconvenience
to themselves and with the able assistance of Mr. Lumley who
operates the projector and is responsible for the photography,
the service runs most smoothly.