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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1937
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1937
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | Other Indoor | Outdoor | Total | |
| Beauty of Flowers | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Children's Exercises | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
| Public Health Service | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cleanliness | 9 | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| Alive and Kicking | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 'Oppin | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| The Rat Menace | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Teeth | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| The Empty Bed | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Health and Clothing | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Borrowed Films | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 77 | 33 | 106 | 216 |
It will be noticed that at 171 lectures 216 films were shewn
This is accounted for by the fact that frequently two or more are
shewn at one meeting.
In addition to the usual work normally carried out by the
Propaganda Staff some 62 demonstrations to over a thousand
visitors were given in the new Public Health Centre during the
past year. On the instructions of the Public Health Committee
Friday afternoons and evenings are allocated for this purpose.
Each demonstration lasts about one hour and is given to a party
not exceeding 30 persons, by a Medical Officer or a senior member
of the staff. The visitors are taken over the Clinic and the
work of each section very fully explained. Many doctors, health
visitors and nurses have been included as well as large numbers of
the general public. Numerous parties from other parts of the
country have paid visits, and a number of Public Health officials
from almost all over the world have been entertained. Quite
recently a number of Head Teachers have requested permission for
senior school children to be conducted over the Centre. In each