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HOME SAFETY
Miss D. E. Blackmore, the Home Safety Officer, reports:-
During 1958, the work steadily developed, people becoming
nore aware of the dangers in the home.
A Public Meeting was held in February at which the Mayor
presided, when mothers from each of the Health Visitors' areas
were invited to a "Brains Trust". The meeting was well attended
and lively discussion followed.
The model "Heartbreak House" aroused much interest and was
loaned to Domestic Science Classes, Hospital Nurses, Schools,
Infant Welfare Centres and the Flower Show. Posters were in
great demand.
Talks were given to the following:-
Townswomens Guilds 6
Red Cross 6
The Order of St. John 4
Infant Welfare Centres 3
Hospital Nurses 1
Young Wives 4
Mothers Union 2
Parent/Teachers Meetings 3
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The Home Safety Committee were convinced that with industry
and commerce aware of the importance of Home Safety they would
strive to produce and sell goods which make easier the housewife'
s daily task of keeping her family safe and well.
It was therefore arranged, in co-operation with all the
Croydon Chambers of Commerce and Trade, for the "Guard that
Fire" campaign sponsored by the Home Office to be incorporated
with a Home Safety Week Exhibition held at the Town Hall during
October. The purposes were: -
To show the dangers to life and health which can exist in
our homes and how they can be prevented.
To display various articles and appliances which must be
used to make a home free from dangers to old and young.
About two thirds of the shops in Croydon were visited, with
the valuable help of the Townswomens Guilds, offering the shopkeepers
and managers posters and discussing the problems of
Home Accidents.