-" NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL

INCORPORATED
50 WEST FIFTIETH STREET

 

NEW YorK City CIRCLE 53-8000
ACTIVE MEMBERS
ADVISORY MEMBERS
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MATERNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN PusLic HEALTH ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CoMMITTEE OF HEALTH Councit Unrrep STATES CHILDREN’S BUREAU
AOREICAN FE KOS EXECUTIVES UNITED STATES PuBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION
ATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HYGIENE
_ AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE CONTROL OF N C

CANCER NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR PUBLIC

HEALTH NursING ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE HARD OF

HEARING NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION AMERICAN Nurses’ ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE OF STATE AND PROVINCIAL OF BLINDNESS Founpavron rou Posritva Heart
HEALTH AUTHORITIES OF NORTH AMERICA NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION

 

pwy 11, 1940

  
 

Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler,
Dean of Education,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Schwegler:

The National HealthCouncil, comprised of the member agencies listed
ebove, is primarily interested in health education. Hach month a meeting of the
Health Education group is held at Rockefeller venter in order that we may co-
ordinate our educational activities and co-operate in getting them before the
public.

Thousands of inquiries come to the National Health Council from teachers
asking for information regarding health problems. At the present time two projects
are being undertaken to broaden this service: One committee is revising our list
of sources for health films and another group is seeking to work out some plen for
widening the distribution of the fourteen subscription magazines which are being
published by the various agencies here in the Center.

The National Health Library contains the largest collection of public
heaith literature in the world. Each week it publishes the Library Index (copy
enclosed) which covers current health litereture as does no other review. Our
librarians give advice to teachers and to public librarians on the selection of
health books and co-operate with educators and civic groups in working out health
programs. Graduate students. write the Library for information and in some cases
the librarians (for a fee) prepare bibliographies on special health subjects.

The Council itself has no literature or posters for distribution to
schools, except the National Health Series (announcement enclosed). However, it
does arrange programs for large visiting groups of students of health education.
These programs are staged here in the Venter and usually consist of four or five
ten-minute talks by staff members of our affiliated agencies and the showing of at
least one film on some phase of health education. Vacations during the summer
make it impossible for us to arrange elaborate programs for summer school students,
but we invite you and your teachers to visit the Venter and become better acquainted
with our facilities. We shall greatly appreciate any suggestions you may offer for
building up health services to schools.

Very truly yours,

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Thomas C, Edwards,
Business Manager