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Health Week and Baby Week.
Health Week and Baby Week were combined and celebrated in the Borough from
9th to 15th October, 1921. Among the steps taken to secure success of this special
week in the Borough were the following
(1) Special lessons were given in the various day schools and prizes were offered
for the best essays written in each school. About 1,700 children in 23 school departments
in the Borough wrote essays. The Mayor and Mayoress subsequently
entertained the selected writers to tea when the prizes were distributed.
(2) A lecture was delivered in the Court Room by Councillor Norah March, B.Sc.,
on " The Woman Citizen's Responsibility for Public Health."
(3) A lecture illustrated with limelight views on "The Care of the Teeth" was
given at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, No. 10, John Street, by Mr. Cecil
O. Gray, L.D.S., the dentist at the Council's Dental Clinic.
(4) Arrangements were made for the exhibition of a film, "Our Children," at one
of the local cinemas.
(5) The Clergy and Sunday School teachers of all denominations in the Borough
were invited to co-operate.
(6) Arrangements were made for the distribution of a very large number of leaflets
and other literature through the co-operation of a number of retail shop-keepers.
Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children.
The medical inspection and treatment of children attending Public Elementary
Schools in Holborn is carried out by the London County Council.
The following treatment Centres are provided under the L.C.C. Schemes:—
(1) Finsbury Centre, Spencer Street, Goswell Road.
(2) Moorfields Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road.
(3) Soho Centre, Gerrard Street.
(4) Lancing Street Centre, Lancing Street, N.W. 1.
(5) Cleansing Station (Scabies) Children's Baths, Central Street, E.C. 1.
Centres are also provided at the following Hospitals and Dispensaries:—
(1) St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
(2) Bloomsbury Dispensary.
(3) Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.
(4) Central London Throat and Ear Hospital.
(5) Dental Hospital.
(6) Homeopathic Hospital.
(7) Hospital for Sick Children.
(8) Italian Hospital.
(9) Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
(10) Middlesex Hospital.
(11) Royal Free Hospital.
(12) Tuberculosis Dispensary, University College Hospital.
(13) University College Hospital.
We endeavoured to co-operate with the Education Authority by giving
information respecting children suffering from infectious disease and child contacts
attending public elementary schools.
The County Medical Officer of Health has kindly furnished me with particulars
of medical inspections of school children in Holborn in 1921. They are classified in
the following tables:—