Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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(ii) The following juvenile lectures were delivered at the South London Art Gallery upon Tuesday afternoons a 3.30t.
These were scheduled by the London County Council as " Educational Visits," and were held during school hours, the scholars
attending in groups of twenty or forty, accompanied by a teacher, from each school. Average attendance 300.
1929. Lecturer. Subject.
October 15th Mrs. C. Mansfield, F.R.G.S. "My Tramp through Africa." (Slides.)
October 22nd Mr. F. W. Rudd "A Cruise through the Islands of the Pacific." (Slides.)
October 30th Mr. C. Pilkington "Beautiful Borneo." (Slides.)
(Wednesday)
November 5th Mr. Paul Edmonds "Beyond the Rockies." (Slides.)
November 12th Mr. W. Mark Webb, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. "The Naturalist Lends a Hand." (Slides.)
November 19th Rev. H. Allen Job "Treasure Island of Tasmania." (Slides.)
November 26th Mr. G. W. F. Ellis "Trip to Labrador." (Slides.)
December 3rd Mr. William Marriott "Our Empire brought to Mind." (Slides.)
December 10th Mr. J. St. Leger B. Vignoles "Malta—the Pearl of the Mediterranean." (Slides.)
December 17th Mr. Frank J. Adkins "Empire Building of To-day."
1930.
January 7th Mr. S. J. Milton "At the Sign of the Sun that never Sets." (Slides.)
January 14th Capt. H. G. Mansfield, F.R.G.S. "Animals' Work in the Empire." (Slides.)
January 21st Commander the Hon. Sereld Hay "Trade Routes of the Empire." (Slides.)
January 28th Lt.-Col. F. S. Cox, F.R.G.S. "Indian Empire." (Slides.)
February 4th Mr. G. Fletcher "The Emerald Isle." (Slides.)
February 11th Prof. J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A., F.Z.S. "Casting Life in New Moulds." (Slides.)
February 18th Mr. Arthur Lamsley " Zanzibar." (Slides.)
February 25th Mr. A. Watson Bain "Quebec and Ontario." (Slides.)
March 4th Captain Coombs "Maori Land." (Slides.)
March 11th Major H. Heydeman, M.C., F.R.G.S" Travel in South Africa."(Slides.)
The following is a statement of issues and receipts at the Public Libraries in the Borough for the year ended March 31st, 1930:—
Issues. | Receipts. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929. | 1930. | 1929. | 1930. | |||||||
Central Library | 178,149 | 184,342 | £188 | 1 | 4 | £180 | 6 | 8 | ||
Junior Library | 44,207 | 51,878 | ||||||||
- | 222,356 | - | 236,220 | |||||||
Dulwich Library | 18,875 | 195,309 | £173 | 4 | 5 | £188 | 2 | 9 | ||
Junior Library | 35,585 | 43,194 | ||||||||
- | 214,460 | - | 238,503 | |||||||
Livesey Library | 79,917 | 82,087 | £79 | 8 | 8 | £77 | 12 | 1 | ||
Junior Library | 29,480 | 36,072 | ||||||||
- | 109,397 | - | 118,159 | |||||||
Nunhead Library | 88,879 | 91,827 | £82 | 13 | 0 | £74 | 0 | 5 | ||
Junior Library | 35,972 | 30,727 | ||||||||
- | 124,851 | - | 122,554 | |||||||
North Camberwell Library | 74,305 | 69,228 | £63 | 4 | 4 | £58 | 5 | 8 | ||
Junior Library | 41,760 | 33,165 | ||||||||
- | 116,065 | - | 102,393 | |||||||
Total | 787,129 | 817,829 | £586 | 11 | 9 | £578 | 7 | 7 | ||
In addition to the above, approximately 110,000 reference books were issued from the open shelves. |