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Hackney 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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86
HEALTH EDUCATION
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936. SECTION 298 (Publication of information
as to health or disease). This section empowers a district council to arrange
for the publication of information on questions relating to health or disease,
and for the delivery of lectures, and the display of pictures (including
cinematograph displays) in which such questions are dealt with.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT. 1957. SECTION 82 (Safety in the
Home), Under this section a borough council may for the purpose of promoting
safety in the home and of encouraging the taking of proper precautions for
avoiding the occurrence of accidents therein make arrangements for the
dissemination within the borough of information and advice relating to such
matters.
The activities of the Department were, as in previous years, concentrated
on the following:-
(a) Displays of posters and distribution of leaflets and bookmarks on a
variety of subjects.
(b) Displays on various matters concerning health in the showcases
situate at the Hillman Street entrance to the Town Hall, where the
following subjects were featured--
Atmospheric Pollution Home Safety
Clean Pood Tuberculosis
Care of Eyes Insect Pests
Care of Teeth

Table: (c) Talks and film shows to local organisations were given as follows:-

(c) Talks and film shows to local organisations were given as follows:-

Middleton Road Congregational Church Young Wives" Club"The Health Services"
Hackney Rover Scouts"Infectious Diseases-Prevention and Control"
Co-oderative Pathfinders- Club"Food Hygiene" (with films "Another Case of Pood Poisoning" and "Keep it Clean")
St. John-at-Hackney Youth Clubdo.
Middleton Road Congregational Church Fellowship"Atmospheric Pollution" (with film "Guilty Chimneys")
do,"Prevention of Ebidemic Disease"
Hackney and Stoke Newington Diabetic ClubPilm show - "Clean Pood"
South Hackney Women's Labour Party"Pood Hygiene"
Toc H, Mark 111, Punch House, E 9,"The Work of the Public Health Inspector"
S. Simpson, Ltd., Stoke"Pood Hygiene" (with films
Newington Road, N. 16."Another case of Pood Poisoning" and "Keep it Clean")
St. Luke" s Church Young Wives' Group"Pood Hygiene"
The Martello Group"The Public Health Services"