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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 Committee
to the Council, gives details of the week's programme.
" In accordance with the Council's resolution of the 2nd
March, 1927, we arranged a suitable programme for Health
Week, 1927. In this we were fortunate in securing the
co-operation of the Electricity and Libraries Committees.
We commenced the Week by opening the new Maternity
and Child Welfare Centre and Artificial Sunlight Clinic, at
the Old Town Hall, Woolwich, and arranged that these
premises should be available for public inspection on each
day after the opening between 3 and 9 p.m. At the Old Town
Hall also, we organised a Tuberculosis Exhibition, which
illustrated the Council's work in connection with Tuberculosis.
In this we were assisted by the Dental Board, who
lent us a very fine teeth exhibit ; by the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, who lent us an orthopaedic exhibit in connection with
their work at the Queen Mary Hospital, Carshalton ; by the
Seamen's Hospital Society, which shewed pathological
specimens ; by the Central Fund for the Industrial Welfare
of Tuberculous Persons, who arranged for daily demonstrations
of work by cured tuberculous patients ; and by
Dr. J. Walker, who sent demonstrators to exhibit the work
done at Naylands Sanatorium. We also have to acknowledge
the assistance of many others for the loan of smaller exhibits.
The Electricity Department gave excellent demonstrations
of the domestic use of electricity, a feature which proved
exceedingly popular. The Libraries Committee co-operated
by exhibiting a selection from the various books on health
which can be obtained from the Public Libraries.
At the Town Hall we concentrated on health talks,
making as much use as possible of health films, and arranged