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(d) School Children.—The practice, adopted in 1932, of co-operating with
the Libraries Committee in the presentation of educational films to school children
was continued during 1935. On one Monday each month during the Winter, three
displays of films are given to different groups of school children. On each occasion
four films are shown, three being selected by the Libraries Committee and one by
the Public Health Committee. The average attendance at each session is 500. The
health films shown were as follows:—
January 21st "Dr. Wise on Influenza."
February 18th "Tommy Tucker's Tooth."
March 18th "Bottled Health."
October 21st "Beware of the Demons."
November 18th "Swimming."
December 9th "Dirty Bertie."
(e) Informal Talks.—It is a matter of common knowledge that a keen public
interest is taken in health matters in this Borough. Requests for health talks at
meetings of organisations are frequent and are complied with when this is possible.
Certain societies and guilds apply regularly each year for such lecturettes and every
year applications are received from fresh sources. The subject matter of the talks
varies ; sometimes it is about the Council's health services, sometimes on preventive
medicine and sometimes on disease. The lecturers are members of the staff—
medical officers, sanitary inspectors, health visitors or tuberculosis visitors. At
all meetings it is the practice to show films or lecture slides, or to give a practical
demonstration.
(f) Films.—It is difficult now-a-days to procure suitable silent 35 mm. films,
the only size possible to show on the Council's full size projector, and many of the
older ones are old and worn. The newer health films are of smaller size (16 mm.)
and are few in number. Such films are now being made however in increasing numbers,
and will be available at no distant date, but many of these have sound accompaniments.
Health films are an attractive feature of our informal health talks,
many of which deal with the Council's health services. It was felt that it would be
useful if a film illustrating the Council's work in health services was available, and
so it was decided to make one, which was partly completed at the end of the year.
Consideration is being given also to the purchase of a 16 mm. cinematograph
sound film projector. The provision of such apparatus is essential to-day owing
to the preference of most people for this type of film. Health propaganda must
always be changing and must be presented in an attractive form.
(g) Cookery Classes.—Demonstrations in cookery were started at the
1 ubereulosis Dispensary in April, 1934, in order to provide instruction for the
wives and mothers of the tuberculous in the buying and cooking of simple, cheap