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"During the week 25th to 30th July, demonstrations of the permanent exhibitions
of the National Council for Maternity and Child Welfare and the National Association
for the Prevention of Tuberculosis were shown at Eltham Health Centre. These
demonstrations were primarily for those who attended the Council's Eltham Centres
and Tuberculosis Dispensary, but were open to the general public as well. The
attendances, especially in the latter half of the week when the tuberculosis exhibits
were shown, were disappointing and numbered less than 300."
(c) Health Lectures to Adults.— Two advertised lectures were given during
the year—one in Woolwich and the other in Eltham, as follows:—
Date Subject Lecturer
January 18th "Rheumatism" Dr. J. C. Ashton
February 17th "Common Errors in Diet" Professor H. Plimmer
The lecture on Rheumatism was followed by two cinematograph films and
Professor Plimmer's lecture was illustrated by lantern slides.
(d) School Children.— Health talks to school children commenced in 1928,
and have been continued once a month during the winter months ever since. The
method of giving health instruction to school children was, however, changed during
the session 1932-3. It so happened that the Libraries' Committee had also been
giving cinema lectures to school children on general educational subjects, and it was
thought that it might be a good thing to combine the two series. This was done,
and such combined meetings were held in October, November and December. At
each of these one health film was shown, as under:—
October 17th "Don't Wait Until It Hurts"
November 14th "Cleanliness is Happiness"
December 12th "Giro the Germ"
The alteration is a distinct improvement.
The films and lectures, given in the early part of the year, were published in my
Annual Report for 1931.
(e) Informal Talks.— In 1929 a scheme for providing health talks to local
organisations in their own meeting place was started and has continued ever since.
The speaker is a member of the Department who talks on the particular work he or
she is engaged on. In this way we establish a direct contact with the individual
which is so essential in health education. Films are usually shown at the conclusion
of the talk and questions are invited and answered.
(f) "Better Health."— Arrangements for the supply of this magazine were
altered during the year, as the following report to the Public Health Committee
shows:—