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information and the adults frequently selected the musical records.
The commercial exhibitors showed a wide variety of appliances,
many of them in actual operation, suitable for use with solid smokeless
fuels, gas and electricity.
The large hall was taken up with commercial exhibits and
stands relating to the health services of the Council. The arrangement
of the stands which was designed by the Housing Architect and
his staff provided for a one-way flow through the whole of the
exhibition and made the fullest use of the somewhat restricted space
for an exhibition of this kind.
The unusual lay-out provided a very attractive change from
the ordinary run of commercial exhibitions and was favourably
commented upon by members of the public, the press and technical
and professional journals and associations.
Credit is due to all the members of the Council's staff who
cooperated most enthusiastically in the effort to focus attention upon
the various health and allied services administered by the Borough
Council and the London County Council.
Originality was the keynote of the exhibition and the Architect's
striking lay-out was fully supported by the ingenuity and initiative
used by the staff in the preparation and display of the actual exhibits
demonstrating the theme of the exhibition - "At Home in Hampstead".
This title was chosen because it is in the home that the basis
of health must be laid. Material things such as houses, food and
smoking fires can be controlled by law but it is only by knowing the
reason for doing (or not doing) certain things that people can be
persuaded to lead healthy, enjoyable lives.
Emphasis was naturally placed on the need for care on the
part of everyone connected with the preparation of food and this was
most engagingly demonstrated in the stand prepared by the Public
Health Laboratory Service at Colindale - "Food Poisoning and its
Prevention". Once more, I am indebted to Dr. Betty Hobbs and
her staff for their encouraging support.
The following exhibitors had stands in the large hall:-