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xi. Health Week. The Council co-operated in the
autumn in the general scheme of health propaganda throughout
the country organised by the Health Week Committee.
The following report, presented by the Public Health and
Housing Committee to the Council gives details of the week's
programme.
In accordance with the Council's resolution of the 9th
June, 1926, we arranged a suitable programme for Health
Week, 1926.
We commenced the week by opening the new Maternity
and Child Welfare Centre at Plumstead, and we arranged
that this centre should be available for public inspection on
each day after the opening, between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.
At the Town Hall, we concentrated on addresses and
health talks, making as much use as possible of health films,
but we also arranged for the production of two health plays,
written by a member of the staff of the Health Department.
One of these, "Sunshine House," was presented on two
occasions by the 3rd Royal Eltham Girl Guides, and the
other, "Dad's Dentures," was presented by members of the
Health Department on three occasions. These plays proved
very delightful, and demonstrated in a very simple way certain
cardinal principles of the laws of health.
The lectures and cinema pictures illustrated various
aspects of health work, for example, schemes for maternity
and child welfare, the dangers of tuberculosis, the general
sanitary and epidemiological work of a health department,
the production and handling of milk, the care of the teeth,
the dangers of venereal disease, the life and habits of the fly,
the rat menace, cold storage, and the dangers of the streets
and of uncleanliness.
Certain of these films were hired, others were kindly
lent by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries, National Dental Board, Corporation of the
City of Glasgow, the Health and Cleanliness Council, Junior
Red Cross League, National Milk Publicity Council, Safety
First Council, Messrs. Gibbs, Ltd., Nujol, Ltd., and the