Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930
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DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AS TO NUTRltion
Advice as to the necessity for a high standard of purity and I quality
in relation to food is given by the staff of the Public Health Department
In addition, lectures and film demonstrations on Health topics, including
Diet, are given from time to time at the premises of the Chelsea Health
Society. Leaflets are also issued to expectant and nursing mothern
which arc of great assistance in focussing attention on this important
subject.
The desire of the public to consume a natural product, or at least the
they should be made aware if offered an artificial substitute, has forms
expression in the Artificial Cream Act, 1929.