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Book marks incorporating information on various health education
subjects have also been distributed with the co-operation of the
Libraries Department.
Enamelled panels, showing details of hospitals with times for
attendance where advice or treatment on Venereal Diseases can be obtained,
were renewed as necessary in the Council's Public Conveniences.
The Council also continued to co-operate in the health publicity
programme organised by the London County Council Health Division III.
It may also be said that the character of the Health Centre building
which houses the Public Health Department was designed to inspire
the conception of health among the many members of the public who use
it for one purpose or another.
Aged Persons
The Council continued as in past years to take a very active
interest in work on behalf of old people during 1957,
The services available to men over 65 years and women over 60
years included
(i) Laundry Service
This service was continued for the Chronic Sick who were unable
by reason of ill-health senility, etc. to keep their personal and
domestic laundry in a state of cleanliness required to ensure a healthy
environment. The articles are collected on a Monday disinfected,
checked and sent to a commercial laundry, returned again, checked and
redelivered on Friday or Saturday of the same week. A varying number
of about 30 to 45 persons have in this way been enabled to retain
their clothes and bedlinen in a wholesome condition.
(ii) Holiday Scheme
The Council continued this service designed to preserve the health
of the elderly by allowing those sufficiently able to do so to benefit
from a stay of two weeks in the country or at the seaside. Applications
were invited by public announcement and through variously interested
clubs and societies: such applications were made to the
Health Department. Each applicant was required to contribute a small
sum towards the cost, normally ten shillings per week but varied
slightly in some cases. Arrangements were then made for the holiday
at one or other of the holiday homes run by voluntary organisations.