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Health Propaganda.
The Council's propaganda activities are intended to assist the
inhabitants of Camberwell to become health conscious. They
include a display of posters, the issue of leaflets on such subjects as
Diphtheria Prevention, Tuberculosis, Cancer, Influenza, Measles,
Whooping Cough, Dietary and cooking, and Rat repression.
The Council also issues a health handbook which offers information
of particular interest to mothers, including references
to the Health Services provided by the Council. This booklet is
distributed by the Health Visitors to the Mothers of Camberwell
who have recently been confined.
The monthly periodical of the Central Council for Health
Education—" Better Health "—is also distributed to the inhabitants
of the Borough through the medium of the Public Libraries,
Baths, Infant Welfare Centres, Schools and various industrial
undertakings in the Borough. At the Infant Welfare Centres
short health talks to mothers are given by the Health Visitors as
part of the health propaganda activities of the Council.
In the early part of the year the Council were invited to cooperate
in a national publicity campaign organised by the Central
Council for Health Education on behalf of the Ministry of Health
and the Board of Education. This campaign was designed to
encourage the wider use of the health services, and local authorities
taking part were asked to adhere as far as possible to an arranged
time-table for the distribution of posters, leaflets, etc., for a period of
six months commencing in October last.
The Council resolved to co-operate as desired, and made financial
provision to cover the cost of certain charges in connection
with the conduct of this campaign locally. The subject matter of
the literature displayed and distributed embraced the following
services :—School Health Services, Maternity and Child Welfare
Services, and Services for Adults and Adolescents, including Tuberculosis
and Physical Fitness.
Diabetes.
Insulin was supplied by the Council to medical practitioners
for the treatment of 10 patients in poor circumstances suffering
from diabetes. Periodical reports obtained on the progress of
these patients were submitted to the Ministry of Health. At the
end of the year there were 7 patients being treated by insulin under
this scheme.