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project instigated by the new committee was a "Return unused medicines"
campaign scheduled for early 1973.
Home Safety was the major theme of the Department's exhibition at
the Harrow Show, which also publicised the Family Planning Services,
Cervical Cytology and Social Services.
The considerable publicity given to the Cervical Cytology campaign
in September, organised in co-operation with the Women's National
Cancer Control Campaign and the local Council of Social Services
resulted in a very encouraging response, the number of women attending
the mobile clinic far exceeding those estimated.
A major exhibition and information centre on Improvement Grants
was staged at the Granada Cinema in support of the Home Improvement
Campaign sponsored by the Department of the Environment, and
supported by the Public Utility Companies, and commercial undertakings,
as a result of which 220 people made firm enquiries in respect of grants. A
further mobile exhibition sited at Grant Road car park was visited by an
estimated 300 people.
A two day seminar on Family Planning primarily for Health Visitors,
arranged in co-operation with the Family Planning Association was
extremely well attended and received. Those social workers who attended
found it of special value in view of their contact with problem and deprived
families.
A further exhibition on the Health and Social Services was arranged
in support of a new exercise in public relationship called "Harrow in
Action", a successor to the Delegate Conference of previous years.
Two weeks were devoted to the Annual Dental Health campaign in
schools, which this year was concentrated on junior and infant departments
covering some 6,000 children. Always a popular campaign, the youngsters
are very receptive and feedback to their parents resulted in requests for
talks on children's teeth to members of women's organisations.
Contributions to courses for Home Helps involved lectures on, Home
Safety, Food Hygiene, and First Aid. Home Helps, because of their
regular and informal contact with their clients can be a most useful link
in the dissemination of propaganda.