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HEALTH ESPGAT10N.
With the enthusiastic co-operation of all concerned, the
activities of the Department are steadily widening, and it is hoped
will continue. There is almost boundless scope in this field of
work. Every Autumn it is the practice of the Department to circularise
all the organisations in the Borough with details of the planned
programme, at the same time inviting them to submit requests and ideas
they may have.
All the film shows and the majority of the talks are given during
the autumn and winter months from September to March.
The film shows at the Central Library are now a regular feature,
and continue to be well attended. This year the experiment of taking
similar shows to Church Halls was tried, and met with success.
Requests for Discussion Groups and Talks are also increasing, and
one very satisfactory feature is that once an initial visit has been
made to an Organisations, there are invariably further requests. The only
difficulty has been in obtaining the hire of a suitable film projector
for shows at Church Halls, and with the continued expansion of activities
this may prove an increasing problem.
The attendance figures for the various activities are as followsDiscussion
Groups.
These were given with the aid of a sound film strip produced by the
Central Council for Health Education on a variety of present-day
problems, e.g. 'Should Married Women with Young Children go out to Work?'
7 Discussion groups were held - total attendances 131, average
attendance 19.
Talks.
Talks were given by several members of the Department to various
Borough organisations usually on some particular aspect of Public Health
work, e.g. Rodent Control.
12 Talks were given, total attendance 262, average attendance 22.
Film Shows.
These were given at the Central Library and Church Halls, a minimum
audience of 100 being required. A commercial feature film was shown on
each occasion, with Health films and/or talks on Health subjects.
15 Shows were given, total attendance 1,875 persons, average
attendance 125.