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HOME SAFETY
This very vital subject which requires constant attention was continually brought to the
notice of the public, so few of whom realise that more deaths are caused in the home through
accidents than occur on the roads. In order to publicise this problem and in celebration of
the Golden Jubilee of the Voluntary Accident Prevention Movement, the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents organised a Greater London Home Safety Competition and invited all
London Boroughs to take part. The Health Education Service gladly co-operated in their
suggestion and indeed the Home Safety Committee suggested that a local Islington home safety
competition should be run at the same time and that entries for the Greater London competition
should be automatically entered in our own local competition. Many local commercial organisations
very kindly donated prizes for the Islington competition in which more than 2,500 people
took part. It is pleasing to note that an entrant from Islington won a prize in the Greater
London competition in the under 12 age group.
Fireworks
In an endeavour to press home the need for caution in the handling of fireworks a display
which depicted a typical bonfire night scene was displayed in the Public Health Department
window, and headteachers of primary and secondary schools in the area were asked to draw the
attention of their pupils to accidents that can occur through misuse or careless handling of
fireworks. The request was accompanied by appropriate posters and leaflets for distribution
to the children and display in the schools.
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