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The Exhibition illustrated : (a) Certain aspects of the
work of the following Committees of the Council : Public
Health and Housing, Maternity and Child Welfare,
Electricity, Works, Baths, Libraries and Allotments;
(6) Glimpses of the every-day routine of the War Memorial
Hospital, the Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association,
the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association and
the Shooter's Hill Open-Air School; (c) The propaganda
campaign of the British Social Hygiene Council, the
Fruit Trades' Federations and the Health and Cleanliness
Council. The trade exhibits were by Ambrosia
Limited and Virol Limited.
The arrangements included an official opening ceremony
each day, in which we were fortunate in obtaining
the assistance of distinguished persons ; a series of popular
lectures and cinema films, and such popular features as
organ recitals and the relaying of gramophone music
throughout the whole exhibition by the Celestion Radio
Company.
We are indebted to the Minister of Agriculture and
Fisheries for the loan of the model allotment and the rats
exhibit ; to the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the
orthopaedic exhibit ; to the Seamen's Hospital Society
for the pathological exhibits ; to the Battersea Polytechnic
for the model sanitary material; to the Trustees of the
British Museum for the insect exhibit; to the National
Baby Week Council for permission to reproduce cover
page, and to many others for the loan of smaller articles.
The competitions were most successful, the entries
being numerous and of high merit. The articles made by
fathers and the garments made or adapted by mothers
gave evidence of much patience, ingenuity and skill, whilst
the children's paintings demonstrated that appreciation