Health Week (Circular)
1924 1924 1920s 4 pages Aims. The splendid work which is being done by Health Authorities loses much of its effect for want of an adequate response on the part of those for whom it is done. The most pressing need, therefore, is to emphasise the importance of personal attention to hygiene. The immedi...
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Aims. The splendid work which is being done by Health Authorities loses much of its effect for want of an adequate response on the part of those for whom it is done. The most pressing need, therefore, is to emphasise the importance of personal attention to hygiene. The immediate purpose of Health Week is to make health during the week the chief topic of public concern; to secure the recognition of the fact that disease is a thing which can and should be prevented ; to impart sound information as to public and personal hygiene, and to build up a public opinion which will not tolerate a high disease rate or excessive infant mortality, and which feels as a personal reproach the sight of an ill-nourished or neglected child. Its ultimate object is to set up a high ideal of health and to bring to all that zest in life which only perfect health can impart. Health Week does not compete with any other organisations. On the contrary it seeks to gain fresh support for them. In particular the Committee are working in the closest co-operation with the National Baby Week Council. The way in which Health Week has been received and the interest which has been aroused wherever a well considered programme has been carried out, show that it meets a widely felt need. People want to know how to be healthy, they are surprised to learn how simple the laws of health are; and there can be no doubt that the celebrations have already been productive of widespread and lasting good. Procedure. The manner in which Health Week is observed in each district must necessarily be determined by a Local Committee, but efforts should be made to bring members of every class and profession into a line with the specific health work. As the Health Week Committee is working in cordial co-operation with the National Baby Week Council, it has been found convenient in several cases to combine the celebration of Health Week and Baby Week. To inaugurate the proposal a public meeting may be called, and at this meeting the objects of the movement should be briefly and clearly explained, and a representative Committee and Officers appointed to define and organise the work to be done during the week. The interest of the Mayor or Chairman of the Health Authority and Officers of the Public Health Department should be secured in promoting the meeting, and the Executive Committee in London will (as far as possible) help by suggesting speakers to explain the work.
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