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In addition to these lectures, two outdoor cinema displays were
arranged during the year. The first took place on the 10th May
when the Health and Cleanliness Council's travelling cinema,
accompanied by one of the Public Health Department's vans
suitably decorated with posters, made a tour of the Borough and
film displays were given on the subject of cleanliness in the home.
No less than 13 sites were visited and displays given on this day.
The second occasion was during the week 7th to 12th October,
when one of the Department's vans was converted into a travelling
cinema and films were shown at 25 sites in the Borough, a supply
of electricity being obtained from the street lamp standards. The
films shown during this week included the 800 feet film on "Slum
Clearance in Hackney," produced by the Department in 1935, the
anti-diphtheria film, produced by Dr. Guy Bousfield, and films
supplied by the Health and Cleanliness Council, the National
Baby Week Council, the National "Safety First" Council and the
Dental Board of the United Kingdom.
The number of persons who witnessed the outdoor film displays
totalled approximately 12,000 and upwards of 32,000 pamphlets
and booklets were distributed to the audiences. Much of this
literature was supplied by the Health and Cleanliness Council who
have been of considerable help to the Public Health Department
in its health education work.
HOSPITALS.
The Hospitals with which the Council has made arrangements
for the admission of patients are:—
(1) Situated Within the Borough—
(a) The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Lower Clapton
Road.—The number of beds provided for the reception of
maternity cases, exclusive of isolation and labour beds, is 88.
(b) St. Joseph's Hospice for the Dying, Mare Street.—
Seventy-five beds are provided at this Institution for the reception
of patients in the last stages of illness.
(2) Situated Outside the Borough—
(a) The City of London Lying-in Hospital, City Road.
The arrangements made with the two maternity hospitals are
described on page 62 of this Report, whilst the use made of St.
Joseph's Hospice for the Dying for the isolation of cases of advanced
tuberculosis is shown on page 169.