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(d) An exhibition stand was tried out in the Borough during
the latter part of 1949. This exhibition stand, which was
prepared by the Central Council for Health Education and
supplied by the Middlesex County Council, has been placed
in various parts of the Borough, the topic being changed from
time to time. Thanks are due to the Eastern Electricity Board,
Eastern Gas Board and Messrs. Evans and Davies Ltd. for
permission to display the stand in their premises.
The staff of the Public Health Department co-operates in
erecting the stand and arranging for its display as and when
required.
(e) Health booklets and pamphlets are available in the Area
Health Office. It was felt that one display stand of this
character in the Town Hall would be sufficient. As the
number of members of the public visiting the Area Health
Office is considerably greater than that visiting the Public
Health Department, the Area Health Office was chosen for
this purpose.
(f) The health education work being carried out in the schools
and through the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres does
not properly come within the scope of the work of the Public
Health Department. It need only be mentioned here that
progress in this field has been sustained, and that the work is
expanding.
(g) The fourth edition of the Southgate Public Health Services
Handbook has been sent to the press and should, it is anticipated,
be ready for distribution some time during the early
part of 1950.
(h) As noted elsewhere in this Report, steps were taken during
1949 to inaugurate a Food Hygiene Guild in Southgate.
It is more than ever important to-day that the work of health
education be continued. The rapidly expanding social services
available to the public must be properly publicised if they are to
be of practical use. It is becoming more apparent every day that
education of the younger generation in matters affecting health and
well-being is the only real and lasting solution to many of the
problems at present facing us. Money spent on health education
is never wasted; results may not be immediately obvious, but unless
the work is misdirected, benefit will most definitely accrue. I am
very happy to think that the staff of the Public Health Department
has entered wholeheartedly into the work of health education, and
that I never fail to secure their willing co-operation in our efforts
to effect betterment in this most vital field of preventive medicine.
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