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one of nature's tooth brushes - an apple - provided by the Fruit Producers Council.
The visit was so successful that a return visit to Islington has been demanded by those
schools who were unfortunately missed.
Photograph by K. Robertson "PIERRE THE CLOWN" AND ADMIRERS
The Nursing Service has always been very conscious of Health Education and taken
every opportunity of availing itself of the use of displays, visual aids, films and
filmstrips which have been put to very good use at every welfare centre in the Borough,
thus making sure that the impact of health education is felt by every member of the
community, young or old.
It was satisfying to note that this continual expanding service was able to offer
its advice and expertise to so many different sections of the community, with the
object of enabling them to enjoy life longer and to the full.
Smoking Advisory Centre
The problem of local facilities to assist persons who wish to give up smoking was
considered in 1962 by Dr. J. Wallace Craig, Consulting Physician, Islington Chest
Clinic, Dr. Victor Freeman, Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough of
Islington, and Dr. Wilfrid G. Harding, Divisional Medical Officer, L.C.C. Health
Division 3. The Divisional Health Committee with the approval of the Health Committee
L.C.C. and the agreement of the Local Medical Committee decided to establish an
Advisory Clinic at the East Islington Welfare Centre at Drayton Park, N. 5. Regular
weekly sessions began in November, 1962, and to permit attendance of those at work
during the day, commenced at 5.30 p.m. Family practitioners were invited to refer any
patients whom they thought might benefit, but members of the public who attended of
their own volition were also accepted. The sessions were purely educational and
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