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From Sunday morning, 27th September, when Health Week
commenced, until Saturday night, when the exhibition closed,
"Self-help in Health," which was our motive, was promulgated
throughout the Borough.
In organising the Exhibition, we resolved that we should
show the people of the Borough what the Council is doing
in health matters in conjunction with those bodies with
whom it co-operates.
The Exhibition therefore illustrated the Council's Maternity
and Child Welfare scheme, the work of the Tuberculosis
service, the general sanitary and epidemiological work of the
Health Department, certain aspects of the work of the Works
Department relating to health, the Woolwich housing scheme,
with model furnished houses, the Remedial Clinic of the
Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association, the work of
the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and of the
Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association, and how the
Metropolitan Water Board keeps London's water pure, while
the British Social Hygiene Council showed the measures to be
taken against venereal diseases.
The exhibit of the War Memorial Hospital consisted mainly
of demonstrations on the types of equipment, particularly
of modern X-ray and electro-therapeutic apparatus, to be
used in the new hospital, and was specially interesting.
Two trade exhibits were provided by Ambrosia, Ltd., and
Virol, Ltd. In addition, we arranged for private demonstrations
to medical practitioners and midwives of medical
and nursing equipment through the agency of the Medical
Supply Association.
The Electricity Committee showed excellent demonstrations
of the domestic uses of electricity, a feature which proved
exceedingly popular.