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Hotels and Restaurants.
Milk Distributing Trades.
Fish Fryers.
Confectioners and Tobacconists.
Ice Cream Alliance.
L.C.C. Meals Service.
Central Council for Health Education.
Catering Branch of the Railway Executive.
St. Pancras Food Control Committee.
The Wellcome Foundation Trust.
Hospitals.
St. Pancras Publicans.
Fortes Milk Bars.
Industrial Canteens.
J. Lyons & Co., Ltd.
Express Dairy Co., Ltd.
Aerated Bread Co., Ltd.
Farma Cream Products.
Coffee Stall Holders.
Local Press.
National Press, etc.
The meeting was welcomed by the Mayor (Councillor Mrs. L. Bryant, J.P.), who presidedShe
pointed out that St. Pancras had been a pioneer in many fields of public health, and this
new venture was an indication of the Council's continued interest. An outline of the proposed
campaign was placed before the meeting. It was determined to hold a series of three lectures
for persons in charge of food establishments, to be followed by one lecture to the employees.
The first series of lectures was to the managerial and supervisory staff of the Aerated Bread
Co., Ltd. whose headquarters are in the Borough of St. Pancras. Further lectures followed to
the staffs of tea shops, London Meals Service, industrial canteens, milk bars, hospitals, and
coffee stalls. Suitable posters have been prepared and are being used by the lecturers.
A record of all persons attending is kept and a certificate of attendance, bearing the owner's
name and national registration number, is issued. The lectures are given either at the Town
Hall or on the premises of the firm concerned, whichever is the more suitable to the firm. As
the Council may know, there are a large number of Cypriots in the Borough who are engaged in
food preparation, and for them a special lecture is being arranged and will be delivered in
their own language. It is hoped, moreover, to widen the scope of the lectures to include the
general public. In particular, lectures will be given to housewives and members of clubs.
To be effective this campaign must be continued for some considerable while, but already
in some instances 100 per cent. of certain staffs have attended lectures.
Few people realise how much damage can be done by the carelessness of one single individual
in the handling of food. It is a fact that many outbreaks of food poisoning can be attributed
to the carelessness of one person. I am prepared to say that our audiences have been keen,
intelligent and enthusiastic; that the campaign is worth while and should continue, and
that it will in due course raise the level of food hygiene in the Borough.
Ice Cream.
It is only a short time since the public have been enabled to buy ice cream again. As
soon as its manufacture was allowed there was a rush to buy practically anything which bore