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VIII.—PROPAGANDA.
HEALTH LECTURES AND FILM DISPLAYS
The following is a list of lectures and film displays given during
the year:—
Schools 41 attended by 8,340
Youth Organisations 42 „ 2,545
206
17,080
Propaganda work has been carried on during 1947 in a manner
similar to that of previous years, the scheme for reaching the populace
being such, that almost every organisation, holding meetings in the
borough, is given a film display or lecture at least once a month throughout the year. In addition to schools, youth clubs, adult clubs, political
groups, co-operative guilds, women's meetings and church guilds
are visited in turn, their leaders being anxious to co-operate in
arranging dates.
By arrangement with the local branch of the British Medical
Association, a film dealing with anterior poliomyelitis (infantile
paralysis) was shown at St. Giles Hospital, Camberwell, during the
epidemic of August and September. The subject of the film was
introduced by Dr. Banks, Medical Superintendent of Park Hospital,
and general practitioners, numbering about 120 from Bermondsey,
Southwark, Deptford and Camberwell, were present.
In the earlier part of the year, a series of sex education talks were
arranged for adolescents at youth clubs. These talks were given by
a lecturer from the Central Council for Health Education and films
were shown by this department.
CITZENSHIP
Once again, head teachers of senior schools availed themselves
of the facilities offered for introducing " last term " children to the
subject of Local Government. In an attempt to assist in preparing
senior children to become good citizens, arrangements are made for
groups of children to visit suitable departments of the Council and
to listen to talks with film illustrations. As the raising of the schoolleaving age
came into effect during the year, it was not until the
Adult Organisations 125 ,, 6,195