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Publicity on Health Matters.
At the beginning of the year the Medical Officer of Health
submitted to the Public Health Committee a report on this
matter which included the following suggestions as to the
material and means of distribution which might be utilised for
health propaganda :—
1. Material—
(a) Modern posters and pamphlets on various diseases.
Suitable material may be obtaiued from the Central
Council for Health Education.
(b) The use of the local Press for publishing information
on health matters; if necessary, purchasing advertisement
space for this purpose.
(c) Practical exhibitions, including mechanical and animate
things, e.g. domestic pests.
(d) The re-issue of the Digest of the Health and Social
Services in the Borough.
2. Means of Distribution—
(a) The display of posters, three side by side, on the various
public buildings and sandbins in the Borough and on
the Council's vehicles.
(b) The distribution of pamphlets and leaflets at all the
Local Authority's offices at which the public call,
including the Libraries, Information Centre, Food
Office, Housing Office and other places such as the
London County Council Infant Welfare Centres,
Evening Institutes, Youth Clubs, Old People's Clubs,
local factories and hospitals. Copies of these pamphlets
might also be sent to the Press and in certain
circumstances be despatched with the rate demand
notes.
(c) The permanent display of practical exhibits at the
Council's Libraries and the Information Centre.
(d) The exhibition of films. Various films on Health
Services, such as Food Hygiene, Rodent Control,
Child Care, Prevention of Accidents in the Home,
Prevention of Infection, Diphtheria Immunisation,
Tuberculosis and general health matters.
The Committee received the report and authorised the
printing and distribution of 3,000 copies of the Digest of the
Health and Social Services which had been revised and brought
up to date.