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APPENDIX 1.
HEALTH EDUCATION
As this is the first Annual Report which I have had the
privilege of presenting as Medical Officer of Health for Wood
Green, I should like to take this opportunity of mentioning the
various health education activities which are at present being
carried out in the Borough. 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 stress my
personal thanks to the editors concerned for their generous
and unfailing courtesy. Without this co-operation, the
work of health education in Wood Green would
undoubtedly suffer.
(2) The magazine BETTER HEALTH is distributed throughout
the Borough, through the Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Infant Welfare Centres, and our Public
Libraries. This magazine is supplied by the County
Council. It may be thought desirable in the near future
to increase the number of copies available, by the purchase
of additional copies by the Borough 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.
(4) Arrangements were made to purchase a Light Display
Stand from the Central Council for Health Education.
The topics featured on this Stand are changed periodically.
The Stand is displayed in the Public Health Department,
and in the Public Library.
(5) A letter is sent to local organizations in the Borough
each year offering a health talk by the Medical Officer
of Health or by a member of his staff. During 1952 three
talks were given. This policy enables me to meet the
members of local organizations, 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 organization or society concerned.
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