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Frequently such persons are amenable, by persuasion, to enter
a local hospital, but sometimes it is necessary to make application
to a Magistrate for a Detention Order, which provides authority
for such person to be maintained in an institution for a period of
three months.
It is necessary to apply to the Magistrate for an extension to
the original order at three monthly intervals.
One new case under this section of the Act had to be dealt
with during the year. In several instances elderly individuals
who were found to be living alone were kept under surveillance
in order that they might be encouraged to maintain a proper
standard of personal and domiciliary cleanliness.
HEALTH EDUCATION
500 copies each month of the journal Better Health were distributed
free in the borough. This journal is issued by the Central
Council for Health Education, and there can be no doubt as to its
great educational value in all matters relating to health and hygiene.
Copies are distributed to mothers attending the welfare Centres,
Head Teachers of the elementary schools of the borough, Councillors,
and members of the public who intimate a wish to be supplied
with regular copies. Copies are also distributed by means of the
Public Library, Town Clerk's, Public Health and Rates Offices.
NATIONAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN
The National Campaign to Encourage the Wider Use of the
Health Services was fixed for the period October, 1937, to March,
1938, and was undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Board of
Education in conjunction with the Central Council for Health
Education.
The object of the campaign was to secure practical results, such
as increased attendances at ante-natal clinics and welfare centres,
and the posters, leaflets and publications which were distributed
throughout the period of the campaign were provided free of charge
through the Central Council for Health Education.
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