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HEALTH EDUCATION.
Appendix 2.
As this is the first Annual Report which I
have had the privilege of presenting as Medical Officer
of Health for Friern Barnet, I should like to take this
opportunity of mentioning the various health education
activities which are at present being carried out in
the Urban District. These might be enumerated as follows:
(1) Thanks to the generous co-operation of local editors,
articles of topical health interest are published
from time to time in the local press. I should
like to express my personal thanks to the editors
concerned for their generous and unfailing courtesy.
Without this co-operation, the work of health
education in Friern Barnet would undoubtedly suffer.
(2) The magazine BETTER HEALTH is distributed throughout
the Urban District, through the Public Health Department,
Infant Welfare Centres, and our Public Libraries.
This magazine is supplied by the County Council, and
copies are sent to members of the Council and general
practitioners. It may be thought desirable in the
near future to increase the number of copies available.
This could be done by the purchase of additional
copies by the Urban District Council.
(3) Pamphlets and leaflets relating to health are available
in the entrance to the Public Health Department,
and seem to have been appreciated by members of the
general public.
ik) Matters of current interest and importance are brought
to the attention of local general practitioners, by
means of letters. These letters are sent as occasion
demands, and have been well received. As I have
already stated, I am fully convinced that the cooperation
of general practitioners is a pre-requisite
to success in our work. I am happy to think that
this co-operation, has been generously provided in
Friern Barnet.
(5) A letter has been sent to local organisations in
the district offering a health talk by the Medical
Officer of Health or by a member of his staff.
This policy enables me to meet the members of local
organisations, a privilege which I consider a
pleasure rather than a duty. It also enables me to
talk on matters of current health interest, with
particular reference to the work of the organisation
or society concerned.
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