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WOMEN'S NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL CAMPAIGN
The Health Education Officer was invited to lecture to this body on some of the aspects
of presenting cancer education and publicity, and he has since been invited to be a member
of the health education committee of the campaign.
SMOKING ADVISORY CLINIC
The clinic continues to go from strength to strength. It is interesting to note that
Islington is the only local authority in the country which has a permanent smoking advisory
clinic. This has carried on continously without a break since 1962 and the degree of success
is most encouraging. Out of a total of 276 Persons attending during the year 33.85% gave up
smoking completely and were still not smoking one year after their initial stopping. Accurate
figures concerning the remainder are not available although follow-up is made of those who
only 'cut down' ; it is usually impossible to contact those who have moved away from the
district but it is hoped that there is a degree of success in this area. Unfortunately 30.43%
attended only once and were not seen again. It is felt that these people do not, in fact, wish
to stop smoking themselves but have a desire for someone else to accomplish this task for
them. The following reasons for wishing to stop smoking were given:-
Health 56.5%
Financial 13%
Health & Finance 11%
Other reasons 8%
Not known 11.5%
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND FURTHER EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS
The Health Education service continued to liaise with many schools in the Borough and
a number of health talks were given and courses on human relationships were arranged. Many
teachers are now calling upon the health education service for further information and are
being supplied with visual aids, films, posters and leaflets etc., for their own programmes.
It is very heartening to note that the facilities offered by the service are being used more
frequently. Advice was given to head teachers who wished to plan their own health education
programmes and activities. A number of Parent-Teacher Associations were shown films which
would be used during term time in health education programmes in schools. Thus the minds of
many parents were put at ease when topics covering human relationships, sex instruction and
V.D. were discussed, as they themselves saw and approved the material which was being used at
the schools.
Special courses for school leavers at the Edward Seguin School were continued. The
Holloway Institute for Further Education ran groups for older people and the Health Education
Officer was able to attend and give talks on a number of topics which were of interest to
them.
The Northern Polytechnic Students' Union received a lecture on the services provided for
students by the Public Health Department: they were very surprised to learn of the many
facilities which are extended to the public.
The City Day College continues to make use of materials in the form of posters, leaflets,
visual aids and films which are provided by the health education service for their various
health education programmes.
The Public Health Department has been visited by a number of groups of secondary schoolchildren,
who have been given a conducted tour and a lecture on the many services which the
department offers to the public. This enables them to get first hand knowledge of the various
functions which are carried out for them.
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