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HEALTH EDUCATION
FILM PROGRAMMES AND INFORMAL TALKS
A full programme of film shows and talks was again
presented by the Health Department's Film Unit to local
organisations at their own meeting places. Sixty-five
visits were made by the Health Education Unit, 18 being
to religious groups, six to old people's associations,
11 to political bodies and 30 to other organisations and
clubs. Thirty-four sessions were held in the afternoon
and 31 in the evening.
Individual audiences vary considerably, from 300
at old people's clubs to 20 at some others, but the
average audience still remains high. Total attendances
at these sessions during the year is estimated at nearly
3,000.
Forty-eight of the sessions were devoted exclusively
to films, six to talks and eleven to combined talks and
films.
At the film programmes approximately 30 minutes are
devoted to health subjects, followed by a general interest
film to complete the hour. Careful consideration is
given to the tastes of the organisation concerned and
balanced programmes are drawn up in each case with special
attention given to any requests made for particular subjects.
An increase was noted in requests for talks together
with the films, the most popular being on the subject of
Clean Air, due no doubt to the Council's activity in this
direction. Home Safety was another subject given increased
emphasis both in film programmes and talks. Other subjects
included "The Work of the Health Department", "Care of the
Aged", "Sanitation", "Infectious Diseases", "The Dangers
of Smoking", and "Clean Food".
Several new organisations were visited by the Health
Education Unit and a number of letters of appreciation were
received.
LEAFLETS AND LITERATURE
Leaflets dealing with various public health subjects
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