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In the summer of the same year a ' Health and Infant Welfare'
Week was held, at which suitable films were displayed and popular
lectures delivered by competent speakers. This exhibition, in
addition to being very attractive on the commercial side, was supported
by the Health and Cleanliness Council, British Social Hygiene
Council, Dental Board of the United Kingdom, National Milk
Publicity Council, College of Pestology, etc., all of whom contributed
interesting exhibits.
In January 1928 the level of the Thames rose 18ft. 5 ins. above
datum line, with the result that a considerable proportion of the
Borough adjacent to the river bank was flooded to a depth of several
feet. Happily no cases were recorded of persons having been drowned
but the inundation caused considerable damage to property,
furniture, bedding, etc. The Public Health Department was given
the task of visiting and estimating the damage sustained in the
various areas in order that the ' Flood Fund ' could be correctly
allocated.
During this same year the Tuberculosis Handicraft Hut and
classes were opened, the Greenwich edition of the journal
" Better Health " was introduced and in July registration of all
Nursing Homes was compelled.
Another 'Health Week' was held in June, 1929, at the Borough
Hall and this again achieved remarkable success. The Local
Government Act of this year which became operative in April 1930
gave greater freedom in the administration of the Health Services and
an important provision was the substitution of block grants for
percentage grants. Another important feature was that under the
provisions of this Act, control of hospitals directly supported by rates
was vested in the London County Council.
In November 1930, a new Welfare Clinic was opened at 105
Shooters Hill Road and the Council introduced a scheme for the
supply, at reduced cost, of sterilised maternity outfits for homo
confinements. A Ministry of Health Memorandum issued in the
same year recommended the introduction of Birth Control Clinics
for cases where control was advised on medical grounds.
This year also saw the introduction of the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, which became operative in January of
the following year and it was during 1931 that arrangements were
made for non-residents of the Borough to obtain, on payment of a
small fee, Artificial Sunlight treatment during winter months.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act introduced
during 1932 made the registration of Preserved Food premises and
the notification of Food Poisoning compulsory. In June of the same