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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 1968

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

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Table: TABLE 22HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIESDiscussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year:

TABLE 22

HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

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

SubjectNo. OccasionsPersons participating
Smoking and Lung Cancer485
Sex Education and Venereal Disease46993
Mothercraft75663
Cervical Cytology22163
Needs of the Elderly23542
General Health Subjects-Schools1,41022,676
-Other1732,468
Psychoprophylaxis96657
Health Education Techniques67691
Total:1,91628,938

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Films or filmstrips were shown on 486 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 2, 580 posters were exhibited and 12, 650 leaflets distributed.
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