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by section 2(3) of the Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, and to ask that
any observations on the draft by-law may be forwarded to the Council as soon as
convenient.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
(Signed) MONTAGU H. COX,
The Town Clerk, Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell. Clerk of the Council.
The Council expressed themselves in favour of this revised
draft by-law, and the London County Council were informed
accordingly.
Public Health Propaganda.
The Council were informed at their meeting in March, 1931,
that the Medical Officer of Health had prepared and submitted
a booklet containing general information for expectant mothers,
and on the management of infants and children under school age.
The booklet contains very useful information, and in order
to assist the Council in meeting the expenditure which would be
incurred in connection with the proposed publication, advertisement
offers have been provisionally accepted for spaces in the booklet
from four firms whose products are closely related to the subject
matter of the publication.
Four thousand copies of the booklet have been printed and
will be distributed at the discretion of the Medical Officer of Health
free of charge to mothers who reside in the Borough. It is estimated
that the same number of copies of the book will be required each
year.
Cancer.
The Council's Medical Officer of Health submitted the following
report in connection with Circular No. 1136, issued by the Ministry
of Health :—
Public Health Department,
35, Brunswick Square, S.E.5.
September 29th, 1930.
Cancer.
Ladies and Gentlemen,—Ministry of Health Circular No. 1136, dated July
31st 1930, is the seventh of the series of memoranda issued in recent years on the
subject of cancer. Those that appeared earlier sought to offer information
obtained in various ways with regard to the disease. In this new memorandum
the attention of councils of counties and county boroughs is directed to fields of
investigation that appear to be open to them of acquiring more complete knowledge
in what ways the environmental, economic, social or other conditions of
cancer patients affect their chance of cure or relief from suffering, and generally
to survey the local means of controlling the disease.
The Minister has accordingly decided to invite the Authorities concerned to
consider the initiation within their areas of investigations on the lines suggested in
the memorandum, and if the work outlined is undertaken it should lessen suffering
if not indeed lead to some amelioration of the cancer problem.
The methods of investigation are set out in the Circular, and in Appendix 11
appears a questionnaire framed by the Departmental Committee on Cancer which