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119.
Health Propaganda.
In the course of their ordinary work the Council's
medical officers, sanitary inspectors and health visitors,
each in their own spheres, have unique opportunities of
carrying out health propaganda and this is an important
part of their duties.
Cinema Displays. During the first three months
of 1930, six cinema displays were given in the Fulham
Central Library by the Public Health Department. The
programmes were carried out after school hours and on
each occasion over 200 school children attended. The
procedure adopted was to request the Head Masters and
Mistresses of certain elementary schools to arrange for
the distribution of invitation cards to children who
wished to see the films.
The films were obtained from the Health and Cleanliness
Council, the Dental Board of the United Kingdom,
the Food Education Society and the United Dairies
(London) Ltd., and among them were the following:—
A dangerous handicap.
Confessions of a cold.
Giro the germ.
Ten little dirty boys.
Beware of the Demons.
Through Life's windows.
Bottled health.
Peter and the Moon Man.
Food, air and digestion.
The Climber.
Where there's life there's 'ope.
Almost a Tragedy.
A brush with the enemy.
For health's sake.
A variety of health subjects is included in these
films which are always greatly enjoyed by the children.
Our efforts to combine amusement with instruction were
favourably commented on by the school teachers who
accompanied their pupils, and in addition we received
several letters of thanks. The teaching profession in
Fulham are keenly alive to the importance of health