Health Week (Circular)
1924 1924 1920s 4 pages [Image] HEALTH WEEK. Patrons. HIS MAJESTY THE KING. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Chairman : Professor A. BOSTOCK HILL, M.D., M.Sc., D.P.H. October 5th-11th 1924 NOTWITHSTANDING all the achievements of sanitary science during the past fifty years, much still remains to be done befor...
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[Image] HEALTH WEEK. Patrons. HIS MAJESTY THE KING. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Chairman : Professor A. BOSTOCK HILL, M.D., M.Sc., D.P.H. October 5th-11th 1924 NOTWITHSTANDING all the achievements of sanitary science during the past fifty years, much still remains to be done before the health of the people can be regarded as even approximately satisfactory. The improvement of health conditions is fast approaching its limit on existing lines and no further general advance can be expected until the people themselves have been aroused to a sense of their responsibilities; for the health of a community depends as much on the man himself as on his surroundings, and on personal hygiene and cleanliness as much as on the work of the Sanitary Authority. Object. The Object of Health Week is to focus public attention for one week in the year on matters of Health, and to arouse that sense of personal responsibility for Health, without which all public work whether by the Government or Local Authorities, must fall far short of its aims. It is suggested that the dominant idea should be "Self Help in Health," and the consideration of what each individual can do for himself and his neighbour in securing a healthy life. The movement known as Health Week was instituted in 1912, with undoubted advantages to the health of the community, and in 1914, at the request of a Meeting of Local Authorities, the Royal Sanitary Institute appointed a committee to undertake the central organisation; but local celebrations in each centre are organised and controlled by local committees. It has been observed in many centres in the United Kingdom, and also in the Overseas Dominions. A "Health Week" has an important function to perform in addition to the steady continuous work throughout the year. Both are needed. There is at present no driving force behind this question of health. Any cause which depends for its vitality and force upon public opinion must have something definite on which that public opinion may crystallise, some opportunity for focussing attention and rekindling the enthusiasm of its adherents. [Aims E. White Wallis, F.S.S., Secretary, 90, Buckingham Palace Road, London, S.W.
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