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Leaflets of advice are issued to expectant mothers and copies
of the booklets, "To Mothers and Fathers "and" The Mothers'
Cookery Book "published by the National League for Health,
Maternity and Child Welfare and the booklet," Hints for the
Busy Housewife "issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council
are freely distributed. In addition various leaflets and booklets
issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council, the National Milk
Publicity Council and the Dental Board of the United Kingdom
are circulated and posters issued by these bodies are exhibited at
the Health Centres and in the schools.
The general public are approached by means of the monthly
periodical called "Better Health," in which are given informative
articles on all subjects relating to general and personal health.
In this publication, 2,000 copies of which are distributed each
month, there is an entire absence of stunt-mongering and fadpushing
so that the reader can depend on information which is
of undoubted authority.
A booklet entitled " The Public Health Service of the Town
Council"is also issued, the object of which is to give information
about the public health services and to set out the facilities that
are offered to residents in the Borough.
Lastly, one must mention the local Press who are always
very ready and willing to draw the attention of their readers to
any developments in the public health service or to publish informative
and authoritative notes on some matter or another relating
to health.
THOMAS ORR.
May 31s/, 1932.