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amount of space in their columns to Health Week and
published many informative and interesting articles
relating to health. The kind support and encouragement
of the Press must be gratefully acknowledged.
The Exhibition was widely advertised and although
it was impossible to keep exact records of the number
of attendances, the following are approximate figures: —
Number of school children attending in the
mornings 1,604
Number of persons attending the Exhibition 25,000
Number of persons attending the Cinema
displays (large Cinema) between 5 and
7.30 p.m. 3,000
Number of persons attending the Lectures at
8 p.m. 2,350
The Exhibition could not have taken place without
the financial support and encouragement of the Council.
In this connection I have especially to thank Councillor
G. R. Renton who was Mayor of Fulham in 1930, Councillor
Dr. T. J. Bokenham, who was Chairman of the
Public Health Committee, Councillor A. Minute, Chairman
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
and the other members of these two Committees. Our
thanks are also due to Mrs. Renton and the ladies who
organised and carried out the arrangements for supplying
the teas to the Stand holders and others working in
the Exhibition.
There is little doubt that health teaching although
it costs money and entails a vast amount of labour on
the part of the staff, is well worth the time and money
spent on it. This will be returned in years to come by
better health, happiness and efficiency, especially in
the next generation.
"Better Health.” During 1930 the monthly publication
of this journal has been continued. It generally
contains 50 pages apart from the advertisements, and
2,000 copies are distributed free every month to the
schools, Public Libraries, clinics and to persons who are
interested.