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Lectures were given at the Fulham Central Library
by Dr. Harry Campbell on "Diet," Mr. E. B. Turner
on "Venereal Diseases," and Dr. Charles Thomson
on "Sunshine and Darkness." Dr. J. Rhys-Herbert
lectured on "Teeth and their Relation to Health,"
and Mr. P. B. Tustin on " Milk—The Ideal Food."
Cinema films (12 in number) were shown at the
six cinemas in Fulham.
Health week was most successful from the educational
point of view as the majority of those attending
were school children. Approximately 7,500 persons
attended the Exhibition and 857 persons attended
the lectures. The demonstrations given at the Exhibition
were also a source of interest and were well
attended.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Act, 1920, Rent and Mortgage
Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
Twelve applications for certificates that the houses
occupied were not in all respects reasonably fit for
human habitation or were otherwise not in a reasonable
state of repair were made during 1926, and certificates
were granted in three cases. In the other nine cases
the repairs were carried out at once by the owners so
that the issue of certificates was unnecessary.
Housing.
In 1924 the London County Council informed the
various Metropolitan Boroughs that they were prepared
to consider cases of overcrowding and special
hardship for accommodation on estates about to be
built, and it was decided to allow each borough a proportion
of the available accommodation, amounting
to 15 houses for every thousand erected.
Estates have now sprung up in various parts under
this scheme in and around London. The accommodation
in the London County Council houses consists of
two to six rooms with scullery and bathroom, and the
rents vary from 10s. to 23s. 6d. per week.