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Camberwell 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Lectures, 1930-31.

The following lectures were delivered under the auspices of the Public Libraries Committee during the winter session (October to March), 1930-1931.

(i) Adult lectures were delivered at the South London Art Gallery on Tuesday evenings, as follows : —

1930.Lecturer.Subject.
October 14th"Musical Hour " by the Pupils of the Peckham Central School. Conducted by Councillor H. W. Shalders.
October 21stMajor L. E. White"Malta." (Slides.)
October 28thMr. A. H. Crook"Tramps in the Japanese Alps." (Slides.)
November 4thMr. Saul Myer"Palestine." (Slides.)
November 11thMr. Percy W. Lovell, F.S.A."Charing Cross Bridge." (Slides.)
November 18thMr. A. Yusuf Ali, C.B.E."India and Her Cities." (Slides.)
November 25thCommander H. M. Denny, D.S.O., R.N."Destroyers in the Great War." (Slides.)
December 2ndMr. Montagu A. Phillips, F.L.S., F.R.G.S."Animal Childhood." (Slides.)
December 9thMr. E. J. Bryce, F.R.G.S"The Aboriginals of Australia," (Slides.)
December 16thMr. Edward Yates"The Evolution of the Dwelling House from Prehistoric to Modem Times." (Slides.)
1931.
January 6thMr. H. W. Fincham, F.S.A"The Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the Past and Present." (Slides.)
January 13thMr. G. S. Francis"The Electrical Transformation of Great Britain." (Slides.)
January 20thMr. S. L. Thompson"British New Guinea." (Slides.)
January 27thMr. A. H. Crook"The Southern Chinese in Religion and Social Life." (Slides.)

(ii) The following juvenile lectures were delivered at the South London Art Gallery upon Tuesday afternoons at 3.30;
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 290.
1931.
Lecturer.
Subject.
January 13 th
Mr. F. H. Burn
"Bermuda." (Slides.)
January 20th
Mr. A. G. Morkill
"Malaya." (Slides.)
January 27th
Miss M. D. Lane
"A Trip to Kashmir." (Slides.)
February 3rd
Miss L. G. Crum
"The River of London." (Slides.)
February 10th
Miss L. G. Crum
"The River of London." (Slides.)
February 17th
Miss L. G. Crum
"The River of London." (Slides.)
February 24th
Mr. Keith Kirk
"New Zealand." (Slides.)
March 3rd
Major R. F. McLaughlan
"The Maritime Provinces of Canada." (Slides)
March 10th
Mr. S. L. Thompson
"British New Guinea." (Slides.)
March 17 th
Mrs. Clegg
"ustralia." (Slides.)
March 24th
Mrs. McLaughlan, F.R.G.S.
"Cyprus." (Slides.)