Intensive Effort Towards Better Hygiene: Health Clubs in Action The second annual health cam-° paign, held under the auspices of the Chinese Y. M. C. A., was formally opened on Monday night in the Association building, ai large. number of members being present.
Among the exhibits and to impress the moral of the campaign are large-sized representations of flies, mosquitoes, insects, rats, worms, health charts, soap, tooth brushes, fly swatters, mosquito punks, insect powders, disinfectants, as well as models showing disease in the human body, bacteria, parasites, etc.
Pamphlets, booklets and health sheets will be distributed free. These include those published by the Municipal Health Department, the Joint Council on Public Health Education, and the National Health Council.
The Committee hope to enlist at least 1,000 young men and women te join a club which will have branches all over Shanghai. The members will be asked to urge their neighbours to keep their houses and alleyways clean and to do their best to explain to others the importance of public health. In various places in the northern district these clubs have already been formed, and health posters are placed in conspicuous places, over garbage bins, etc., in simple wording so that everybody can understand.
Patrons of the Association, with the exception of Dr. C. Noel Davis, Commissioner of Public Health, are all Chinese. There is an advisory Committee composed of prominent doctors and specialists, as well as some 300 volunteer workers, members of the Association.
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