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HEALTH EDUCATION.
A new feature of the Department's Health Education
activities was introduced during the year, namely an automatic
film strip projector. The advantage of this projector is
that it does not need an operator, but can be exhibited, for
example, in a shop window, the frames of the film strip
changing automatically every few seconds. Films on Tuberculosis
and Diphtheria Immunisation were shown during the year.
Topics hired from the Central Council for Health
Education and displayed on the Exhibition Stand included Food
Infection, Milk Infection, Care of the Teeth and Care of the
Feet.
The usual Diphtheria Immunisation Campaign was arranged
on request of the Ministry of Health, but at a later period
in the year owing to a postponement occasioned by' the Incidence
of poliomyelitis.
The former Empire Marketing Boards were kept posted
during the year with special poster sets.
Posters on various subjects were also displayed on the
Council's official Notice Boards, in all Council Establishments,
and on Council vehicles.
Some 10,000 leaflets were also distributed through the
media of the Exhibition Stand, the Public Health offices, the
Information Centre and Infant Welfare Centres.
Enamelled panels, showing details of hospitals with times
for attendance where advice or treatment on Veneral Diseases
can be obtained, were renewed in all cubicles in the Council's
Public Conveniences.
At the requests of the Sanitary Inspectors, notices
warning the public against depositing rubbish in contravention
of the Council's Bye-laws were posted on 22 sites in the
area.
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