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Voluntary Dispensaries
There are two Voluntary Dispensaries situated in the Borough
of Camberwell as follows :—
Camberwell Provident Dispensary, 16, Camberwell Green,
S.E.5.
Incorporated East Dulwich Provident Dispensary, 193,
Landells Road, S.E.22.
The number of patients who make use of these Dispensaries
diminishes year by year.
Insulin for Diabetic Patients.
The supply of Insulin to patients suffering from diabetes in
necessitous circumstances, who were unable to obtain issues under
the National Health Insurance Acts, was continued by the Council
with the approval of the Ministry of Health throughout the year,
16 patients benefiting under this Scheme at a cost to the Council
of £47 12s. Od.
Health Propaganda.
Publicity in connection with the Health Services provided
and administered by the Local Authority aims at bringing to the
notice of the inhabitants, details of the services and facilities
available in the area, in an endeavour to assist them to become
health conscious. In addition to the verbal advice given by the
Tuberculosis Officers and Nurses, Medical Officers of Infant Welfare
Centres, Health Visitors and Sanitary Inspectors, pamphlets and
leaflets are distributed and posters displayed on such subjects as
diphtheria prevention, tuberculosis, cancer, influenza, measles,
whooping cough, dietary and cooking, rat repression, etc. The
Council also issues to mothers a Health Handbook giving particulars
of the health services available to them and other inhabitants of
the Borough.
Two thousand five hundred copies of Better Health, the official
journal of the Central Council for Health Education are distributed
every month through the agencies of the Public Libraries, Baths,
Infant Welfare Centres, and Schools in the Borough. This publication
contains articles of general interest as well as providing
details of the local health services.
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