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"In accordance with the Council's resolution a Health Exhibition was
held in the Arcade Hall, Eltham, from September 28th to October 3rd, 1936.
The exhibition was organised by the Central Council for Health Education
and consisted of exhibits arranged by the following national organisations :—
The National Council for Maternity and Child Welfare ; the Dental Board of
the United Kingdom ; the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
; the Eugenics Society ; the Cremation Society ; the Health and Cleanliness
Council, and the British Social Hygiene Council.
The Electricity Department of the Council arranged a stand and had
special cookery demonstrations, etc., at their showrooms, and the Works Department
attractively set out the stage as a miniature pleasaunce. Stands dealing
with sanitary inspection and household pests were arranged by the Health
Department.
We are indebted to the following for the loan of models, pictures and
articles :—The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries ; the Royal Sanitary
Institute ; Messrs. Accles and Shelvoke, and the London Fumigation Company.
The attendances during the week are estimated at 9,180, including 310
school children in conducted parties.
We take this opportunity of expressing our thanks to all those who helped
to make the Exhibition such a success."
(c) The Cinema and Health Education of School Children.—Once a
month during the winter months a combined programme of educational and health
films is shown to school children. The programme is arranged by the Libraries
Committee and the Public Health Committee co-operate. The average attendance
at each showing is about 500, so that, with three displays in one day, some 1,500
children are interested each month. The programme lasts just under one hour and
usually four films are shown, one of which, occasionally two, is a health film. The
health films shown were :—
January 20th
February 17th
March 16 th
November 9th
October 12th
December 7th
" Our Food Supply."
" Trapeze Man Talks."
" How we Breathe."
" New Ways for Old."
" The Red Army."
" Breathing."
" The Eyes have it."
" Stand up and Breathe."