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The following is a copy of the Report on Health Week which I submitted
to the Public Health Committee:—
Health
Week.
With the exception of a cinemotor which gave displays at street corners
throughout the Borough, all the activities were concentrated at the Whitechapel
Art Gallery in the form of a Health Exhibition. The Exhibition was
opened by His Worship the Mayor (Councillor I. M. Vogler, J.P.) on Monday
evening, the 28th October in the presence of an audience of about 300 persons.
The Chairman was Councillor (Mrs.) Roberts, and the other speakers, in
order of speaking, were Councillors (Dr.) Barst, Fine and (Mrs.) Bunn, and
Alderman (Miss) Moses, J.P.
The activities at the Art Gallery were:—
(A) The Exhibition proper.
(B) Health Lectures.
(C) Talks to School Children.
(D) Cooking Demonstrations.
A. The Exhibition.
This was confined to the ground floor and consisted of stalls, tables, or
spaces which were devoted to definite public health subjects and to trades
which have a bearing on the health and comfort of the community; this
year more space was given to the former and less to the latter.
The stalls devoted to public health subjects were:—
(1) General Sanitation. (Sanitary Inspectors.)
(2) Food Inspection. (Food Inspectors.)
(3) Pestology. (Bug specialist and Sanitary Inspectors.)
(4) Maternity and Child Welfare. (Health Visitors.)
(5) Housing and traffic control. (Borough Engineer and Surveyor.)
(6) Public Cleansing. (Public Cleansing Officer.)
(7) Literature on health matters. (2 tables by Public Health
Department clerks.)
(8) Maternity and Child Welfare. (Voluntary Organisations.)
(9) Tuberculosis. (National Association for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis.)
(10) Venereal Disease. (British Social Hygiene Council.)
(11) Cleanliness. (Health and Cleanliness Council.)
(12) Dental Hygiene. (Dental Board of the United Kingdom.)
These stalls were all presided over by experts who answered questions
and gave short talks upon their particular subjects.