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1934
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PROPAGANDA WORK.
Under this heading mention may be made of the "Health Talks" and Mothercraft
Classes on various subjects provided by the four Voluntary Welfare Centres
(p. 17). A large amount of literature is issued from the Public Health Department,
Town Hall, comprising:—Hints on the Care and Feeding of Infants, with addresses
of Welfare Centres; Advice to Expectant Mothers, Instructions to Foster-parents;
Tuberculosis Dispensaries; Registrars; Public Vaccinators, etc.; Smallpox and
Vaccination; Notes on Tuberculosis; Flies and Gnats; Measles; Whooping Cough;
Diphtheria; Scarlet Fever; Infectious Diseases—Law. There is now issued a
leaflet on the Bed Bug.
An important addition was the issue of the booklet, "The Islington Child—
The Citizen of the Future," dealing with the welfare of little children. This was
originally contributed by the Medical Officer of Health, by request, to the local press,
and was reprinted by direction of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee for
circulation. A large number of copies were distributed through the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres. The booklet includes a general summary of Welfare Centre
work.
The Medical Officer of Health, as in previous years, gave "Health Talks" at the
request of several social organisations. The activities of the Department are
tabulated in poster form, these posters being exhibited prominently on boards in the
more populous parts of the Borough.