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instruction very much easier. Our thanks are due to Mr. Riley, the Principal, Mr. Fance
the head of the Bakery Department and the staff of the Rush Green College for their
valuable help with this project.
In addition to the courses for the R.I.P.H.H. certificate, two separate courses of
instruction in food hygiene were arranged for trainee manageresses of bakers' shops.
In these short courses particular attention was paid to the problems of handling fresh
cream goods.
At the request of various organisations seven talks on food handling were given to
members. These were mainly directed at the housewife and dealt with such things
as the correct use of refrigeration in the home and the proper handling of frozen foods.
Smoking and Lung Cancer
The publication of the report of the Royal College of Physicians focussed attention
on this very important health topic and this was made the theme of the health department
display at the Town Show. A vehicle displaying the appropriate statistics and carrying
a tombstone was entered in the parade and the stand itself included X-ray photographs
of normal and cancerous lungs. In spite of, or possibly because of the morbid nature of
the exhibit, large numbers of people were attracted to the stand and although literature
was only given to those who asked for it, almost all the available pamphlets were disposed
of on the first day of the Show.
At the request of the Organisers, the film " Time Pulls the Trigger " was shown to
two Youth Clubs and in each case a suitable talk was given by a member of the Health
Department staff. This film was also used in conjunction with a talk given by another
member of the staff to a Parent-Teacher Association at the request of the headmaster.
Home Safety
The theme of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents campaign for 1962/3
was "Teaching Home Safety." This fitted in well with the programme which we had
previously arranged for running a series of courses on Home Safety and First Aid, to a
number of women's organisations in the Borough. Each course comprised four lectures
and demonstrations, and each lecture was divided into two parts. One part dealt with
the prevention of a specific type of home accident e.g. falls, and the other with the first
aid treatment of the result of such an accident e.g. fractures. The last lecture of each
series included a demonstration of " mouth to mouth resuscitation " using a model
borrowed from the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The success of these talks was in no small measure due to the willing help offered
by the British Red Cross Society and the St. John Ambulance Brigade and we are very
much indebted to them for their assistance.
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