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Miss J. Rainey, Assistant Divisional Nursing Officer, London County Council, Health
Division 3, whose subject was "Housework with Ease - The Health Visitors".
A considerable number of items were considered by the Committee during the year and
the following may be of general interest:-
The Committee expressed its support for the Fireworks Bill, and letters were sent
to local Members of Parliament, supporting the second reading When the Bill was deferred
a letter was sent to Ro. S.P.A. pressing that it should be proceeded with
The inadvisability of amateur electrical installation was stressed when a case was
brought to the notice of the Committee where a resident had had her skirt burned while
standing near an electric fire. The guard was tested by the Public Health Inspector, but
it was subsequently discovered that 14½ amps, instead of 12½ amps was passing into the
fire and causing the additional heat.
A resume of Dr. Colin-Russ" talk to the Home Safety Committee was circulated to all
Practitioners in the Borough. Practitioners were also supplied with leaflets giving
advice in connection with the Broken Glass Campaign and requested to give publicity to
the subj ect in their waiting rooms.
The Deputy Medical Officer of Health co-operated in first aid and safety training
lectures conducted by the St. John Ambulance Brigade.

Smoking and Health
The Medical Officer of Health jointly with the Divisional Medical Officer of the
London County Council, Dr. Wilfrid Harding and the Chest Physician of the Islington
Chest Clinic, Dr. Wallace Craig has taken part in the conduct of a Smoking Advisory
Centre, which has held weekly evening sessions since November, 1962 At these sessions
those who wish to be assisted in giving up smoking (normally, but not exclusively,
referred by doctors) are seen and taken through an individual or group therapy course
Publicity about this Centre has appeared both in the National and local press and
notices have even appeared in the Irish Press
Dr. Burns Deputy Medical Officer of Health who is also a part-time Medical Officer
of the London County Council, has been asked to carry out a considerable amount of
educational work on the same subject in schools in the Islington area
Anti-smoking publicity was carried out by the display of posters and distribution of
leaflets in the Council's various departments and an illuminated exhibition stand was
equipped as a regular display in the Town Hall vestibule
Preliminary arrangements were made for the visit in 1963 of a mobile unit dealing
with the subject of smoking and health.