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The booklet enumerating the various activities of the Public
Health Department was again issued during the year.
Various leaflets with regard to diphtheria, measles, &c., were
issued to families in which these diseases occurred, and posters were
exhibited from time to time with regard to child life protection,
rats and mice, etc.
The Council again made a grant of £10 to the Central
Council for Health Education in furtherance of their work of
education in the principles of health.
Conferences.
The Council as health authority were represented at the following
conferences on various health subjects :—
General subjects—convened by the Royal Sanitary Institute;
held at Portsmouth 11th to 16th July; delegates, Mr. T. J.
Hines and the Medical Officer of Health.
Health Education—convened by the Central Council for Health
Education for the 28th to 30th September, was postponed
until early in 1939.
Housing—convened by the National Housing and Town Planning
Council; (1) held in London, 31st May; delegates, Mr. T.
Pocock and Mr. W. J. Wye ; (2) held at Harrogate 25th to
28th November; delegates, Mr. I. O. Thomas (Chairman of
the Housing Committee) and the Town Clerk ; (3) convened
by the Institute of Housing and held at Norwich, 22nd to
24th September; delegates, Mr. T. Pocock and the Housing
Superintendent.
Maternity and Child Welfare—convened by the National Association
for the Prevention of Infant Mortality; held in
Bristol, 5th to 7th July; delegates, Mrs. A. A. Burton
(Chairman of the Health Committee) and Mrs. E. Stone.
Smoke abatement (2)—convened by the National Smoke Abatement
Society ; both held in London, the first on 25th February
and the second on 16th June, the delegates being
respectively Mr. T. J. Hines and Mr. R. Moore, the Medical
Officer of Health attending both.
Public Health services—6th Congress and Exhibition, held in
London 14th to 19th November; delegates, Mrs. A. A.
Burton (Chairman of the Health Committee), and Mrs. M. J.
Robinson.
Sanitary Inspectors—convened by the Sanitary Inspectors
Association; held at Edinburgh, 5th to 10th September;
delegates, Mrs. M. J. Robinson and the Senior Inspector.