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(c) Health Lectures to Adults. A series of health lectures
to adults at the Town Hall, Woolwich, was arranged to take
place during the winter. These meetings were held at 8 p.m.
One lecture was given during the year under review, the
other three being given at the beginning of the new year.
The programme was as follows :—
Date. Subject and Lecturer.
November, 18th, 1929.
" Secrets of Good Health "
Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart., C.B.
January 20th, 1930.
" Sunlight Cure and Artificial Substitutes "
Dr. Percy Hall.
February 17th, 1930.
" The Psychology of the School Child "
Dr. George Somerville.
March 24th, 1930.
" Common Errors in Diet "
Professor R. H. A. Plimmer, D.Sc.
Some of these lectures were illustrated by lantern slides
and a few cinema pictures on health subjects were shewn
after each lecture.
(d) Clean Food Demonstration. In connection with a
Trade and Industry Exhibition organised by the Woolwich
Chamber of Commerce, arrangements were made for a demonstration
of the slogan " Buy Clean Food and Keep it Clean."
Two stalls were utilized. The one applied the first half
of the slogan and was arranged as a model food shop. The
public were shown, by means of hygienic counters and cases
and by WTapping and transparent coverings, how food could
be protected from contamination. Various methods of keeping