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73 [1937
NEW LEGISLATION.
(Enacted or coming into force during 1937.)
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1937.
Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act, 1937.
Factories Act, 1937 (comes into operation 1st July, 1938).
London County Council By-laws (Protection of Food).
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Order re—
Cabbages.
Canned Vegetables.
Certain Plums.
Fruit Products.
Lancashire Cheese.
Wheat Flour and Wheat Flakes.
Poultry (Exposure for Sale) Order, 1937.
The Poisons List (Amendment) Order, 1937.
The Poisons (Amendment) Rules, 1937.
Housing, Order No. 2, dated 17th June, 1937.
The Housing Act, 1936 (Operation of Overcrowding Provisions), Order No. 3.
Memo. 166/Med., Ministry of Health.
Memo. 62/A (Foods) Meat Inspection.
Circular 1643a. Ministry of Health, Local Health Services.
Circular 1519, Ministry of Health. Milk, Meat and other Foods to Expectant
and Nursing Mothers and Young Children.
Circular 1621, Ministry of Health, Prevention of Blindness.
Circular 1622, Ministry of Health. Maternal Mortality.
PROPAGANDA.
Propaganda work previously undertaken by the Public Health Department
continued during the year. In addition, there were some features of note which
distinguished 1937 from previous years.
The Central Council for Health Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of
Health and with the assistance of Local Authorities, launched a winter campaign and
a special propaganda effort by means of leaflets, talks, etc., from October, 1937,
and the Islington Borough Council co-operated in this campaign.
A booklet entitled " Summary of the Health Services provided for Islington
Citizens" was prepared and issued during the year, and 9,471 copies were
distributed ; this is being continued and it is intended to revise the booklets from
time to time as changes occur in the services. A new two-coloured poster on
Diphtheria Immunisation was widely exhibited among other health propaganda
posters, and a leaflet explaining briefly the dangers of, and the need for protection
against. Diphtheria was also issued; over 13,000 copies of the leaflet were
distributed, the large majority through the schools by arrangement with the London
County Council.
An innovation which is proving of interest is the sending out on the occasion
of a child's first birthday of a greeting from the Medical Officer of Health, together
with a card on which is summarised, simply and briefly, what a parent might
reasonably expect of his child in the way of normal physical and mental progress
after the age of twelve months, together with some hints on dieting and feeding.
The immunisation leaflet previously mentioned is also included with the first
birthday greeting card. Facsimiles of the cards are given here :—