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Health Week.
Stepney Health Week was held from October 4th to October 10th
inclusive.
The Town Clerk wrote to the Ministers of Religion and asked them to
make a reference to the subject in their sermons on Saturday or Sunday, and
we have every reason to believe that this was done in a large number of
churches, chapels and synagogues.
On Monday, October 6th, at 3 o'clock, the Exhibition was opened by
Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health,
and His Worship the Mayor (Alderman Prevost) took the Chair.
A Baby Show was held on this day fcr male babies under one year of age,
and 88 took part in the competition. The prizes were given and distributed
by the Mayor.
Films were shown to senior children on " Swat that Fly," and on the care
of the teeth—" The Ivory Castles." From 6 to 7 o'clock the films " Our
Children " and " Public Health Twins " were given to a good audience.
Later in the evening a lecture was given on Venereal Disease to a mixed
audience by Mrs. Clayton and Dr. Sloan Chesser, when about 250 people were
present.
On Tuesday, October 7th, the Exhibition was opened at 3 p.m. by the
Lord Bishop of Stepney, and Councillor (Mrs.) Fardell, Chairman of the
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Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, took the Chair.
The competition for female babies under one year of age took place, and
70 babies were entered for this competition. The prizes were given and distributed
on this occasion by Mr. H. Potter, a late Mayor of Stepney.
At 4.15 p.m. a dental film was shown to schoolchildren in charge of two
schoolmasters, and they were addressed on the care of the teeth and tooth
brush drill, by Mr. F. Lawrence, a dentist of Whitechapel Road.
At 5 o'clock, children were admitted into the Hall, and it became very
crowded, and several children had to be refused admission because of want of
room. Films were shown—" The Ivory Castles " and "A Fight in Fairyland "
—both films having a bearing on the care of the teeth, and the necessity of
keeping them clean.
At 6 o'clock cinematograph films on " Our Children " and " Our Mothers
and Babies " were shown to a mixed adult audience.