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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tower Hamlets 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 21HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIESDiscussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year:

TABLE 21

HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

Discussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year:

SubjectNo. OccasionsPersons participating
Smoking and Lung Cancer10270
Sex Education and Venereal Disease53800
Mothercraft1951,891
Cervical Cytology469
Needs of the Elderly32203
Home Accidents12182
General Health Subjects1,12210,162
Psychoprophylaxis67252
Health Education Techniques93683
Total:1,58814, 512

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Films or filmstrips were shown on 281 of the above occasions
Posters on health subjects are displayed on poster sites and in clinics and public buildings
throughout the borough, the topic being changed in accordance with a monthly programme. The
distribution of leaflets is planned to coincide with the poster displays and topical health education
activities. During the year 3, 530 posters were exhibited and 6, 330 leaflets distributed.
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