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statistics now submitted record the results of
an endeavour on the part of one and all to rise
to the responsibilities placed upon then.
Health education has continued to be very
readily received. Diphtheria immunisation,
however, has not yet passed the 50% mark in
children. Much attention has been paid to
distributing detailed information regarding basic
food principles. Such new activities as the
opening of Day Nurseries, (December 1941), the
distribution of supplementary clothing coupons
for expectant mothers, co-operation with the
Ministry of Food in their scheme for the distribution
of fruit juices and Cod Liver Oil to young
children at the Health Clinics, have all been a
means of bringing the Health Department before
the public, and the figures are proof that the
public have readily received the services offered.
1. CIVIL DEFENCE.
Civil Defence has of course continued to
call for much responsibility in the Department,
and those individual families either who have
suffered in Wembley or who have been moved into
the Borough have brought their special problems.
The following information is disseminated as
appropriate:-
"The following particulars relate to the
various health services available in this
Borough. Anyone who has been having medical
treatment is strongly advised to seek to have it
continued as appropriate.
Those entitled to medical benefit under the
National Health Insurance Acts are able to
obtain treatment from Doctors who are on the
2.