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In 1925, the first Woolwich Health Week was organised,
and since then there has been a steady increase in this side of
the Department's work. In the main it has been done by
the Council's staff, but outside help has been sought and freely
given not only by health organisations but by individuals.
In their every-day work, the Sanitary Inspectors, Health
Visitors and Tuberculosis Visitors are spreading education in
health matters, not only at special centres or clinics but in
the homes of the people ; but apart from this there have been
a few special efforts during the year.
(a) Health Exhibition. The Council co-operated in the
autumn in the general scheme of health propaganda throughout
the country, organized by the Health Week Committee
of the Royal Sanitary Institute. The following report,
presented by the Public Health Committee to the Council,
gives details of the week's programme :—
" We report that, in accordance with the Council's
resolution of the 2nd May last, we arranged a suitable
programme for Health Week, 1928, the object of which
was the stimulation of public opinion in matters of health.
In this we had the active and thorough co-operation of
ministers of religion, employers of labour, school teachers,
the local press, individual townspeople and representative
associations, all of whom helped us in divers ways in
making Health Week an effective force.
The focus of our activities was a Health Exhibition
in which we were fortunate in receiving assistance from
those other Committees of the Council which deal directly
or indirectly with matters which affect the public health,
and from various national and local organisations. Trade
exhibits were limited to those directly bearing on our work.