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Also produced in conjunction with the Exhibition was a handbook, 'Sense about Safety",
consisting in the main of articles based on a series of talks given at meetings of the
Islington Home Safety Committee by experts in the various subjects. The booklet was distributed
through the ''Safety in the Home" Exhibition, and also to Welfare Centres, Health Visitors,
District Nurses, Social and Welfare Visitors, etc., in the borough. The handbook has been
registered at Stationers' Hall and a copy supplied to the British Museum.
In addition to the many members of the general public who visited the Exhibition, numerous
school parties were brought by their teachers, and a considerable number of student nurses
attended as well as students from the University of London Institute of Education and London
School of Hygiene. It may be said, from the wide degree of interest shown, that the Exhibition
was a very successful one and the efforts of all those engaged in its production fully worthwhile.
Islington Borough Home Safety Committee
membership, as at 31st December, 1960
Honorary President : Her Worship the Mayor
Chairman : Alderman A.J. Rogers
Honorary Secretary : Dr. V. Freeman
Councillor Mrs. Z. Bagnari Islington Borough Council - Estates Committee
Councillor Mrs. B. Stradling " " " - Housing Committee
Councillor Mrs. M.M. Short " " " - Public Health Committee
Dr. Wilfrid G. Harding London County Council - Health Division 3
Mr. S.R. Butcher " " " - Housing Department
Mr. A.J. Hayes " " " - Fire Brigade
Dr. C.D. Coyle Archway Group Hospital Management Committee
Councillor Mrs. E.E. Bull, L.C.C.
Mr. J. Capsey Northern Group Hospital Management Committee
Mr. A. F. Gray
Dr. E. Colin-Russ Local Medical Committee for the County of London
Miss D.E. Church Islington Old People's Welfare Council
Mr. H.E.F. Heath North Thames Gas Board
Mr. L.C. Atkins London Electricity Board
Mr. D.J. Cooper London Master Builders' Association
Mrs. A. Griffiths Islington Trades Council (1953)
Miss B. Naish Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
The Committee had four ordinary meetings during the year, and at three of these the
practice was continued of inviting a specialist speaker to give a short talk on a particular
aspect of home accident prevention. The salient points of these talks have been reproduced in
the handbook mentioned above. The speakers were: -
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Mr. J.S. Grant, Pharmaceutical Chemist - ''Safety in Regard to Medicines in the Home'*
Mr. A.J. Hayes, ''The Fire Service and Home Safety''
Mr. S.R. Butcher, ''Planning Homes for Safety'1.