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HEALTH EDUCATION
A quarterly Health Education Bulletin introduced in January was distributed to
the Editors of local papers and voluntary organisations in the Borough.
In January, July and October local support was given to the national campaigns on
Sight Protection, Water Safety and Winter Hazards respectively, and in each bulletin
posters, leaflets and book marks available for distribution were listed. In addition, a
list of topics was given upon which officers of the Department would be available to
talk. The subjects were as follows :—
The Health Service in the New Borough.
Sight Protection.
Your Local Public Health Department.
The Landlord and the Tenant.
Falls in the Home.
The Clean Air Act.
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act.
Safety in the Home.
Water Safety.
Home Safety—Fire.
Twenty-three talks were given and I am grateful to members of the Department
for their co-operation, particularly when this involved time outside the normal working
hours.
The Council continued its Newsletter "Focus on Finchley" sent to the ratepayers
by way of the rate demand. The April issue included the 4th series on "Living with
Danger" which dealt with the commonsense precaution of installing a domestic fire
extinguisher, and the 5th series in the October issue dealt with drowning accidents and
artificial resuscitation by means of "The Kiss of Life."
In addition, a further warning concerning smoking and lung cancer was included
in the October issue and is reproduced below.
"THE COUNCIL IS STILL
CONCERNED —
ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
NO SMOKING
CIGARETTES CAUSE CANCER
The American study, reported by the Government of the United States
in January this year, announces that:
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