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(5) With the co-operation of the Authorities of the Y.M.C.A. arrangements
were made for mid-day addresses at the Central Y.M.C.A., Tottenham Court
Road, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, October 7th, 8th, and 9th. The
addresses were given by Arthur J. Martin, Esq., one of the Founders of Health
Week ("The Meaning of Health Week"), Professor Henry Kenwood, C.M.G.
("The Choice of Food") and the Medical Officer of Health ("The Health of
Office Workers ").
(6) By the kind permission of Messrs. George Kent, Limited, an attractascope
showing pictures on health topics was exhibited in one of the windows of their
premises in High Holborn.
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 1924. They are classified
in the following Tables:—