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At 4.15 cinematograph films were shown to senior schoolchildren, who
were accompanied by their teachers, and the Hall was quite full.
The film entitled "Dental Hygiene" was shown, and Mr. Lawrence gave
a lecture on the care of the teeth.
At 5.15 p.m. an ante-natal film entitled "Well Born" was shown to a
very good audience.
At 6.30 a cinematograph film for a mixed audience was shown entitled
"Public Health Twins" and a lecture on Venereal Disease was given together
with a film called "The Gift of Life."
At 7.30 Dr. C. W. Saleeby gave a lecture on "Sunlight and Babyhood,"
when the chair was taken by Alderman W. C. Johnson, J.P.
There was a very good and appreciative audience.
A short film belonging to the Electricity Department was shown each
day, giving the advantage of electric light for heating and power, etc.
The two Exhibitions on Infant Welfare and Venereal Diseases were well
attended each day from 4 o'clock until 7.30.
Demonstrations in the care of infants from birth up to two years of age
were given daily as well as in first aid and bandaging.
Model menus for children and invalids were shown by the Invalid
Kitchen's Association,
Health Week efforts were quite successful due to the efforts of all who
took part in its organisation, more especially Dr. Browne, the Health Visitors,
and the clerks engaged in the Maternal and Infant Welfare Department.
Unsound Food
The following is a list and quantity of the foodstuffs destroyed during the
year under the Unsound Food Series and the Public Health (Foreign Meat)
Regulations, 1908.
I.—At the wharves.
Preserved Meats.
Tons.
cwts.
qrs.
lbs.
83,011 tins of beef
137
1
0
3
2 barrels of salt beef
-
3
2
0
2 tins of brawn
—
—
—
2
120 tins of chicken
—
—
2
4
30 hams
—
2
0
0
224 tins of pork
—
12
0
0
595 tins of tongue
1
0
3
12