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Edmonton 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Tuesday, October 6th.
3.0—4.30.—A Gas Cookery Demonstration will be given by Miss Moss,
M.C.A., 1st Class Diplomee, N.T.S. of Cookery, in the New Hall.
Kindly arranged by the Tottenham District Light, Heat and Power
Company. 3.0—4.30.—Oakthorpe Dairy will be open, by kind permission
of the London Co-operative Society, Ltd. (this Dairy is
situated on the Palmers Green border, via Silver Street). 7.30.—
Presentation of Prizes to school children for Health Essay, at the
Town Hall, by Mrs E. Broad, followed, at 8.0, by an Address by Dr.
Eric Pritchard, Medical Director of Infants Hospital, Westminster:
" Some Common Errors in Diet." Chairman: Mr. Councillor H.
Barrass.
Wednesday, October 7th.
2.0—4.0.—Child Welfare Centre (Brookfield House) and Baths, etc.,
Cleansing Station, both of which adjoin the Town Hall, will be open.
2.30—4.30.—Edmonton Day Nursery, 311, Fore Street, will also be
open, by kind permission of A. E. Beer, Esq. 4.0—10.0.—Exhibition
of Foodstuffs, Disinfectants, Sanitary Appliances and other health
measures, etc., will be held in the New Hall. Cookery Demonstration
will be given by Mrs. Walker during the evening, kindly
arranged by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company.
Orchestral selections will be rendered by the County Secondary
School during the evening.
Thursday, October 8th.
3.0—4.0.—Another Gas Cookery Demonstration by Miss Moss in the New
Hall. 8.0.—A Lantern Lecture will be given in the New Hall by
Dr. H. W. Harding on "Flies and Disease," followed, at 8.45, by an
Address by Cuthbert Brown, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., on "Health Measures
adopted by the Council," including Housing, Roads, Recreation,
Sewage Disposal, etc. Chairman : Mrs. Councillor M. L. Key.
Friday, October 9th.
3.0—4.30.—A further Gas Cookery Demonstration by Miss Moss in the
New Hall. 8.0.—Dr. Stenhouse Williams, National Institute for
Research in Dairying, Reading, will give a Lantern Lecture in the
New Hall, on "The Production and Distribution of Clean Milk."
Chairman : Mrs. Councillor L. R. Ithell.
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