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Hammersmith 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Saturday, October 23rd, 1937
3 p.m. Public Meeting—Care of the Teeth.
Chairman : Councillor J. C. Clark.
Speaker : F. V. Maguire, Esq., L.D.S., R.C.S.
Subject: " Your Teeth—How they Come and Why they Go."
Films : " Smile if you Dare."
" The Trapeze Man Talks."
3 p.m. Cooking Demonstration.
Unusual Ways with Fish and Eggs.
7 p.m. Cooking Demonstration.
Tea Fancies.
7.30 p.m. Public Meeting—Hammersmith Health Services.
Chairman : Councillor Mrs. G. E. Field.
Speaker: Councillor L. O. Glenister, (Chairman, Publi®
Health Committee).
Subject: " Public Health Services."
Films : " The Health of the Nation."
" One Hundred Years."
The cooking demonstrations were undertaken by the
Hammersmith Borough Council Electricity Department.
These demonstrations proved to be exceedingly popular.
The accommodation was found to be insufficient to meet
the demand of persons wishing to attend the demonstrations.
Twenty thousand programmes were distributed through
the School Organisation by the Central Council for Health
Education and approximately another twenty thousand
were distributed by the Public Health Department through
the Superintendent of the Hammersmith Borough Council
Estates, the Superintendents of the London County
Council Estates, Welfare Centres, Tuberculosis Dispensary
and house-to-house distribution. Posters were posted on
sand bins, public hoardings, business premises, &c. Five
thousand bookmarks were also distributed through the
Public Libraries.
It is estimated that 3,764 persons visited the Exhibition.
I desire to express my thanks to Sir Arthur Salusbury
MacNalty, the Mayor and lecturers and the various voluntary
associations for their valuable assistance in arranging