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lishes a Twenty Questions Quiz leaflet and she went through this leaflet expanding
the various points. After her talk a comedy film "Accidents Will
Happen", featuring Richard Hearne as 'Mr. Pastry' was shown. Posters on
burns and scalds and falls were displayed on the Health Department's four
poster-boards during April. During May., Home Safety Quiz posters were sent
to all the schools, together with advice on their use and in July, Home
Safety was featured in the Health Department Exhibition as part of the Charter
Celebrations Local Government Exhibition. (Saturday, 5th July, 1958). During
July, also, a duplicated Home Safety Bulletin, mainly in rhyme and illustrated
by line drawings, was sent out to the Infant and Junior Schools. One bulletin
was sent to every two children. This led to difficulties, and when the
second issue was sent out in November 1958, one copy was sent for each child
above the Infants' First Year. A national "Guard that Fire'' campaign was
initiated in October 1958, and the Borough co-operated in this. Posters were
displayed, stickers were displayed in the shops and on certain of the Corporation
vehicles, and a Home Safety Poster Competition was held in the Infant and
Junior Schools. 700 children contributed posters to the competition and each
child was given a Home Safety pencil bearing the slogan "The A„B.C. of Home
Safety - Avoid Being Careless". Savings Certificates were given for the
best poster from each school and also for the best in each group, and the
prizes were presented by the Mayor after the Council Meeting in January, 1959.
In addition to this, I contributed an article on Home Safety to the
local press (Tottenham and Edmonton Herald) in April, and an article on winter
hazards, which, of course, included matter on Home Safety, in October.
(B) GENERAL
Poster publicity on Food Hygiene, Lung Cancer and Tuberculosis was
carried out throughout the year. The Health Department exhibits at the Local
Government Exhibition in the Jubilee Park on Saturday, 5th July, were housed
in a large marquee and demonstrated Food Hygiene, Smoke Control, Rodent Control
and Home Safety. Food Hygiene stand included two 6' stands and a number of
specimens kindly loaned by the Borough of Hackney, material provided by the
Food Hygiene Laboratory Colindale, and photographs purchased from the Central
Council of Health Education in addition to some of our own material. An illuminated
exhibit on Rodent Control was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries and the Smoke Control exhibit consisted of a stand provided and
staffed by the Coal Utilisation Council and a small stand of our own. The
exhibits aroused considerable interest and at least 2?000 people visited the
tent.
During September and October publicity was given to the visit of the
Mass X-Ray Unit. As I have said, the visit was publicised on the Council's
Rate Demand and by distribution of leaflets, by leaflets and bookmarks in the
Libraries, by posters and by an article by myself in the Tottenham and Edmonton
Herald. A film show on 8th October at the Town Hall, dealing with respiratory
disease (Programme - "Arthur Askey and The Nose Has It", "Guilty Chimneys",
"Inside Story" (of Tuberculosis), "X-Ray Inspector" and a film strip on the use
of "Smokeless Fuel"), was attended by about 40 people, A Health "Brains Trust"
on 15th October was attended by about 30 people. The small audience at the
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