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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The swimming gala, primarily intended for school children, was again held at the
Pitfield Street Baths on the Thursday evening. The children still show great
enthusiasm for this event.
It was also possible to arrange through the kindness of the cinema proprietors
in the borough for school children to attend a cinema on the Tuesday or Wednesday
morning for a showing of educational and health films. The number of children who
attended the cinemas was 1,350.
Two talks were also given outside the exhibition, one at the St. John's Mission
and one at Hoxton Hall.
A handbook containing a Health Week Message from the Minister of Health,
a foreword by the Chairman of the Public Health Committee, and articles by the
Chairman of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, the Medical Officer of
Health, the Tuberculosis Officer and the Dental Surgeon and containing the daily
programme and health services of the borough was distributed to nearly every house
in the borough.
The programme of lectures and demonstrations was as follows :-
| Time. | Lecturer and Title of Lecture. | Chairman. |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 10th October, 1938. | ||
| 3.0 p.m. | Opening of Health Week and Exhibition by His Worship the Mayor of Shoreditch (Mr. Councillor George Jeger, J.P.). | |
| 7.30 p.m. | Dr. E. H. R. Smithard, Medical Officer of Health : " Why Not be Healthy ? " Film : " The War Without End." | Councillor Mrs. D. Thurtle. |
| 8.30 p.m. | Capt. F. Buckler, M.C., of the British Social Hygiene Council: " Sex Education." Films : " Trial for Marriage," " How to tell." | Mr. Alderman G. J. Touchard. |
| Tuesday, 11th October, 1938. | ||
| 3.0 p.m. | Cookery Demonstration by Dr. E. H. T. Nash, Medical Officer of Health, Heston. | Mr. Councillor T. J. Sillitoe, J-P. |
| 7.30 p.m. | Dr. Gladys Hill : " Birth Control." | Alderman Miss E. Kellett. |
| 8.30 p.m. | Dr. C. P. Blacker : " Heredity showing itself in the Offspring." Film : " From Generation to Generation." | Councillor Dr. S. W. Jeger, L.C.C. |
| Wednesday, 3.0 p.m. | 12th October, 1938. Cookery Demonstration by the Electricity Department. | Councillor Mrs. H. Girling, J.P., O.B.E., L.C.C. |
| 7.30 p.m. | Dr. C. K. Cullen, Tuberculosis Officer : " Prevention of Tuberculosis." Film : " Contacts." | Councillor Mrs. M. Higgin |
| 8.30 p.m. | Miss M. H. Keating, of the National Council for Maternity and Child Welfare: "Balance your Meal." | Mr. Alderman W. Coyne. |