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their clinic sessions, 34.7% had failed to attend more than two sessions. It was
thought that the rest had reduced their smoking to a varying degree.
The meeting felt that it was essential that Smokers' Advisory Clinics should
continue to work and in increasing numbers.
The risks of cigarette smoking are well known and urgent and intensive action at
national and local levels is necessary. This type of clinic is likely to play an
increasing part in this campaign in the future.
The Advisory Smoking Clinic mentioned above continued to function at 32 Drayton
Park, N.5, where those who wished to give up the smoking habit met together in a
group therapy course or undertook an individual course.
General Publicity
Regular publicity by means of leaflets and posters, according to season and
topicality, together with the distribution of 1,000 copies per month of "Better Health"
mainly through the Islington Public Libraries, and the provision of "Family Doctor"
for reading, continued throughout the year.
We are also indebted to the Public Libraries Department for public health and
other publicity during the year. In their monthly issues of "Borough Council News"
from January to March, and "New Islington" from April onwards, short articles appeared
month by month on the following topics:-
January - Infectious Disease
February - Infectious Diseases. Typhoid and
Paratyphoid Fever
March - Noise Nuisance - Noise Abatement
Act, 1960
April - Services for Elderly Persons
May - Cleansing of Elderly Persons
July - Meals- on- Wheels, Lunch Clubs, Holidays
for elderly persons, Parcels for
elderly persons, Work Centre
August - Give up your old Oil Heaters
September - Nuisance by Pigeons
October - Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act
November - Winter Hazards - Fireworks safety, etc.
December - Safety for Christmas
Health Education
The Cohen Committee on Health Education was appointed in 1959 by the Central and
Scottish Health Services Councils. The report by this Committee stated that it was
difficult to fix exact boundaries to health education but it was regarded as being
involved where the prime factor of information or instruction is to promote mental
and physical health.
The four main types of health education programmes were specified as:-