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In 1967 the Minister of Health accepted the recommendation of the Joint
Committee on Health Education that a new and stronger central organisation should
be established, and proposed the setting up of a new Health Education Council,
its purpose being to plan and promote national programmes of health education,
and to assist in the development of local programmes in co-operation with local
authorities, professional organisations, voluntary bodies, industry and commerce.
Baroness Serota was subsequently named as Chairman.
In October, 1968, advice was received from the Health Education Council that
it had taken over the health education promotional activities of the Ministry of
Health and the work of the Central Council for Health Education, and that it had
appointed as its first Director-General, Dr. W. T. Jones, Medical Director of the
West Midlands Industrial Health Service.
The professional and technical officers of the Borough Council, an integral part
of whose activities concern health education, lost the services of the health education
organiser in May, 1968. The latter post was not filled during the year because of
intended staff reorganisation of the section. It is hoped that we will have a qualified
health education officer, supported by a technician, in 1969. In the field of
publicity we continued to enjoy the co-operation of Mr. A. W. Bax, the Council's
press and publicity officer.
Programme of Health Education
The health education programme was organised in quarterly phases as follows:
1st Quarter: Respiratory Diseases
Dental Hygiene
2nd Quarter: Food Hygiene
Mental Health
3rd Quarter: Sun Burn
Care of the Feet
Water Safety
Immunisation and Vaccination
Smoking and Health
Atmospheric Pollution
Improvement Grants
Holiday Safety
4th Quarter: Home Safety
Fire Prevention
Fireworks
Venereal Diseases
Promotion of Sex Education
Obesity
Care of the Elderly
Misuse of Drugs
Cervical Cytology
Safety at Christmas
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