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Delco Light Co., Ltd. To all of them we have extended, in
accordance with the pleasure of the Council, our hearty
thanks.
The talks and lectures on health work were given by
experts in their special subjects. In setting out the programme,
we arranged for lectures suitable for women to be
given in the afternoon, while those of general interest were
reserved for the evening. We have also extended our thanks
to the lecturers.
We take this opportunity of saying how much we are
indebted to the members of the staff of other departments
of the Council who assisted us in making arrangements for
the opening of the Welfare Centre; for converting the Town
Hall into a suitable building for cinema pictures; for the
giving of organ recitals, and in many other ways.
We held five afternoon sessions and six evening sessions.
The general arrangement was that films were shown for the
first 30 to 40 minutes, and for the last 40 minutes, with a
lecture in between. The average duration of the afternoon
sessions was 2J hours, and of the evening sessions 2f hours.
The attendances at the Town Hall during the week were
very gratifying, totalling just short of 10,000, a figure much
in excess of what we had anticipated. At Plumstead Centre
there was a steady stream of visitors from the time the centre
was officially opened until Saturday evening, but the figures
were not recorded.
We are grateful to many voluntary workers for their
assistance during Health Week, and particularly for their
work in connection with the creche which was established
every afternoon at the Town Hall, where babies could be
looked after while their mothers went to the lectures, a
service which had added very materially to the comfort of
all concerned.
Comparing this year's Health Week with last year's
exhibition, it is interesting to record that many people were
disappointed that there was no exhibition, but that many
more appreciated the greater opportunity given them of