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the Solarium, the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, and the
Dental Clinics was given, and the time and place at which these
Clinics are held was set out. The work done in connection with
Food Inspection, Housing, General Sanitation, Infectious diseases
and Health Education was also outlined. Each responsible
visitor was supplied with a copy. The undoubted success of the
Exhibition was due almost entirely to the enthusiasm of the
staff, and the opinion was generally expressed that such an
Exhibition was a valuable means of education, which should
form a recognised part of the work of this Department.
Owing to the resignation of Dr. King Brown during the year,
it became necessary to make some changes in the scheme for
carrying on the propaganda work. Mr. Bush was appointed
Propaganda Officer, and the whole of this work is now in his
hands. All the more senior members of the staff were asked to
take part in the actual lecturing work and agreed to do so. This
revised arrangement and increased assistance enables us to undertake
a much larger number of lectures and thanks are due to the
staff for their willing help. The actual number of lectures given
during the year, with the approximate audiences, is as follows: —
No. Audience.
School lectures 60 9,650
Clubs and other Institutions, etc. 27 3,200
Open-air Demonstrations 43 17,500
Health Visitors' talks (to audiences of not
less than ten for ten minutes) 264
It will be seen from these figures that a great deal of educational
work has been done during the year, and I would like to
thank the staff very heartily for their enthusiastic help. So far
as the schools are concerned, the aim has been to provide one
lecture at least in every school in the Borough each year.
This may not seem a very ambitious programme, but it must
be remembered that this work is only possible during five months
of the year because of the absence of suitably equipped lecture
halls in most of the Schools. Only six schools have been omitted
from our programme during the year, mainly because it was