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APPENDIX.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health as to the
Health Exhibition, held in the Battersea Town Hall,
from the 5th to the 8th JUNE, 1928.
The Health Exhibition held by the Council from the 5th to
the 8th June was, judging by the large attendances of the public
on the four days it remained open, very successful.
The object of the Exhibition was to interest the inhabitants
of the Borough in the work which the Council have been carrying
on in securing a high standard of Health and Sanitation in Battersea,
for the past quarter of a century, in accordance with their duty and
responsibility as the local Sanitary Authority.
The Exhibition embraced all the main activities of the Health
Department, and was held in the Grand Hall, kindly lent for the
week by the Finance Committee. The Exhibits were set out in
26 stalls, of which 24 were in the Grand Hall and 2 in the Gentlemen's
Cloakroom. The Lower Hall was used for lectures and cinema
displays, and the kitchen adjoining for Cooking Demonstrations.
Valuable assistance was given by Public Authorities, Voluntary
Health Organisations, Hospitals, &c., many of them providing
interesting health exhibits of an instructive character, and in many
cases free of charge, or on merely nominal charges to cover expenses
incurred by them. The arrangements as to safety from fire, &c.,
were approved by the County Council whose Officers concerned
expressed themselves as fully satisfied.
Great credit is due to the ladies who voluntarily gave up their
valuable time to help in the decoration of the various stalls and
in arranging many of the Exhibits.
The opening ceremonies were carried out in accordance with
the programme. On the first day, the Exhibition was opened by
His Worship the Mayor of Battersea, who was supported by about
fourteen of his Metropolitan colleagues, and other distinguished
visitors. On Wednesday the opening ceremony was performed
by Dr. John Fairbairn, by Professor Louise Mcllroy on Thursday,
and by Lady Islington on Friday. There were approximately
450 invitations issued for the first day's opening ceremony, which
was very numerously attended, and about 700 general invitations
were issued.
The exhibits included models of the various phases of Maternity
and Child Welfare Work, e.g., Maternity Hospital, Bolingbroke
Grove, showing models of Ward, Labour room, Ante-Natal and
Post-Natal Clinics, Dental Clinic, &c. These interesting exhibits
were supplemented by those of the Voluntary Organisations carrying
on ancillary work and linked up in the Council's scheme of Maternity
and Child Welfare, including the Battersea School for Mothers,