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source by stopping importation of tobacco, and it is impossible to
stop people smoking because this would encroach too much on
personal choice. We are therefore reduced to health education, and
it appears there is very little else we can do in tackling this epidemic.
Over the past year I have visited the following organisations:-
Teachers at Real Grammar School
Teachers at Mayfield Boys' School
Teachers at Downshall School
Scholars at Downshall School
Mothers' Club, St. Francis Church
Toe H (Women's) — on two occasions
Insurance Institute of Ilford
Seven Kings Youth Club — on two occasions
The Glenyou Club
Ashurst Drive Baptist Youth
Barkingside Methodist Youth Club
Claybury Park Baptist Men's Club
Sans Egal Swimming Club
Welsh Club
Goodmayes Round Table
Soroptomists
Men's Fellowship, High Road Baptist
The Vinesmen
Society of Cogitators
Claybury Park Baptist Youth Club
Toe H (Barkingside)
Head Teachers Conference (at Beal School)
St. Francis Youth Club
Inner Wheel Club
British Legion
Chadwell Heath Ratepayers
Rotary Club
The number I lectured to was 870 and this represents a fair
cross section of the Ilford community, ranging from Youth Clubs to
Rotary Clubs. The lectures given were illustrated and I showed
chest X-rays of people who suffer from chest disease. The Registrar
General's figures for the increase in the cancer rate were also
included. In these lectures I was only concerned in giving the facts.
After that my responsibility finishes and it is then up to people
themselves to decide on the facts and consequent action they propose
to take.