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APPENDIX.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health on
Clean Food Exhibition
I have pleasure in presenting herewith my Report on the
above Exhibition, which was held at Southlands Public Hall,
Shuttleworth Road, S.W.11, from Tuesday, 23rd January, to
Saturday, 27th January, inclusive. It was open each day from
10.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.
As a preliminary to the Exhibition, a meeting was held in
the Central Library, Lavender Hill, S.W.11, on the evening of
Monday, 22nd January. Invitations to attend were sent to all
Members of the Council and of the Battersea Food Control Committee,
to local Members of Parliament and of the London County
Council, to the editors of local newspapers, and to other interested
persons, while a number of local organisations, whom it was
thought would be interested in the subject of Clean Food, were
invited to send delegates. The total number of persons to whom
invitation cards were sent was 152, of whom 64 actually attended.
At the meeting the Chair was taken by His Worship the Mayor,
and the principal speaker was Dr. Robert Sutherland, Medical
Adviser and Secretary to the Central Council for Health Education,
who spoke generally on the topic of Food Hygiene. Questions
from the audience were invited, and an interesting discussion
followed.
In connection with, and supplementary to, the Exhibition, a
series of film displays were put on at the Lower Town Hall, under
the auspices of the Central Office of Information. The principal
film shown was "Another Case of Poisoning," and other short
films dealing with various aspects of Food Hygiene were included
in the programmes.
To publicise the Exhibition and Film Shows, advertisements
}vere inserted in the two local newspapers on the two Fridays
immediately preceding the opening date, and 50 large and 150
s mall posters were printed and displayed in certain of the Council's
establishments, on poster sites, and in the windows of shops,
restaurants, etc., where food is handled. Letters were also sent,
the approval of the London County Council as Education
Authority, to the head teachers of all senior schools in the
borough, inviting them to send organised parties of their older
children to both the Exhibition and to the films.
All the stall stands in which the exhibits were displayed were
oaned and installed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries,
who also provided and operated a small cinema where films
relating to rats and mice were shown, and fitted out one of the
stands with exhibits on the same subject, including some live
specimens which attracted much interest.
The stands were arranged as follows:—
1 Posters, dealing generally with Clean Food (supplied on loan
by the Ministry of Health).
2. Personal Hygiene, illustrating the various ways in which
inattention to personal hygiene could result in food becoming