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SECTION IV.—HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
Health propaganda and health education take a prominent part now in the
work of the Department, and it can be definitely stated that the public demand
for health education is increasing. For example, in field work, i.e., lectures to social
educational, etc., organisations in the borough, there is an increasing demand from
fresh sources and for repeat lectures. The public are interested in the prevention
of disease and in the simple laws of healthy living, and are now shewing signs of
seeking opportunities to acquire the necessary knowledge.
The Council's activities on health propaganda work during the year may be
classified as follows:—
(a) Health Week.—The following is a copy of the report of the Public
Health Committee to the Council:—
"Health Week.—We report that, in accordance with the Council's resolution
of the 29th July, 1931, we arranged a suitable programme for Health Week with
the object of maintaining and further stimulating public opinion in matters of
health. In this we were fortunate to obtain the co-operation of Ministers of
Religion, Employers of Labour, School Teachers, the Local Press, individual townspeople,
and representative associations, all of whom helped us in divers ways in
making Health Week an effective force.
"This year we organised a Health Exhibition, and were able to secure the
co-operation of those Committees of the Council which deal directly or indirectly
with matters affecting the public health, and of various national and local organisations.
Trade exhibits were limited to those which directly bear on our work.
The exhibition illustrated:—(a) the everyday work of the Health Department in
its separate branches of general sanitation, maternity and child welfare and tuberculosis;
(6) certain aspects of the work of the other Committees of the Council,
viz., Allotments, Baths, Electricity, Housing, Libraries and Works; (c) glimpses
of the daily routine of the following local organisations; Woolwich War Memorial
Hospital, Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association, the Woolwich Invalid
Children's Aid Association, and the Woolwich Red Cross Rheumatism Clinic;
(d) the propaganda campaign of the British Social Hygiene Council, the Health and
Cleanliness Council, the Dental Board of the United Kingdom, the Wesleyan and
General Assurance Society, and the Cremation Society of England. The trade