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FOULING BY DOGS: WARNING NOTICES
These notices, which were first introduced in 1959, have
proved most popular. In response to several more requests for
their display a further supply was obtained and are now on display.
The practice is to fix the notices to lamp-posts in areas where
complaints are received, subsequently moving them to other areas
when it is felt that the warning has been fully noted. There are
indications that their display in an area does materially reduce
the nuisance caused by offences of this nature.
ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME
(a) Accident Rate in Woolwich
As can be seen on Page 14 of this Report, 15 deaths
occurred in Woolwich as a result of accidents at home or on holiday.
The number of non-fatal accidents is not known due to the fact that
injuries from this cause do not, as in Road Accidents, have to be
reported to the Police. However, the London Ambulance Service
records give some indication of the more serious accidents. In
1961, 468 cases (or 3.2 per 1,000 of the population) were removed
to hospital as the result of a home accident in the Borough.
The proportion of accidents occurring in the five main
groups - falls, poisoning, burns and scalds, suffocation, and othersfollows
closely the national averages falls accounting for over
75 per cent. of the cases.
(b) Publicity-General
Throughout the year the Department distributes material on
this subject, through Council offices, visits by the Health Education
Unit, circulation to local General Practitioners and factories, and
displays in the Department.
In addition, 5,000 copies of the booklet "Accidents in the
Home" published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents,
together with 5,000 miscellaneous leaflets on the same subject, were
distributed to local organisations, especially those including
pensioners amongst their members, in response to requests made by them.
(c) Publicity-National
During National Fire Prevention Week, and in the weeks
following, publicity material was broadcast on as wide a front as
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