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The responsibility for the sale of children's nightwear after 1st October, 1964,
lies with the retailer while enforcement of the Regulations rests with the Local
Authorities.
One of the laboratories authorised by the Secretary of State to carry out, on
behalf of Local Authorities, the testing of nightdresses to determine whether or not
they comply with the prescribed low-flammability requirements carried out a
demonstration in October which was attended by the Chief Public Health Inspector.

Smoking and Health
A carnival procession was organised in the Borough on 16th May, 1964, by the York
Way Tenants' Association to raise funds for the Cobalt Tracking Unit of the Royal
Northern Hospital. The Public Health Committee earlier in the year, approved my
proposal to enter in the procession a float which had as its theme the comparable costs
of smoking 20 cigarettes a day for one year and a holiday for two persons in a sunny
climate. The weather on the day was appropriate to the theme of the float which appeared
to attract considerable attention:-(see illustration).
A useful variation from our regular publicity on the subject was the display in the
Town Hall of sixteen anti-smoking panels provided by the Public Health Department of the
London County Council and appropriate literature from the same source was also distributed.
In addition, publicity was carried out relating to this subject by bill-posting on
poster sites in the Borough and the Distribution of literature provided by the Ministry
of Health, Central Council of Health Education, and the Chest and Heart Association.
In October I attended a meeting sponsored by the Ministry of Health on Smokers'
Advisory Clinics. The meeting was opened by the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry,
Sir George Godber, who stated that it was desirable to pool experience gained from
running anti-smoking clinics and that these clinics had a value demonstrating that it
was possible to stop smoking. Among the speakers was Dr. Harding, Divisional Medical
Officer of Health, Health Division 3, London County Council, who spoke of methods of
organising and staffing a clinic after two years in Islington. This was run jointly by
the Islington Chest Clinic, the Islington Public Health Department and the Public Health
Department of the London County Council. Financial provision sufficed for two doctors, a
health visitor and a clerk who all had the advantage of being ex-smokers. Meetings took
place on Tuesday afternoon from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
It is interesting to observe the results obtained from a summary based on
particulars supplied by 18 of the 30 clinics started in this country. Out of a total of
2,249 people who attended the clinics concerned 28.7% stopped smoking by the end of