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list of persons wishing to attend the course and it is anticipated
that there will be sufficient enrolments to continue the lectures
well into 1953.
In view of the fact that many local authorities which have
endeavoured to promote similar educational courses have met with
a very poor response, it is satisfactory to record that the numbers
completing our lecture course and being awarded certificates of
attendance have exceeded our expectations. It is only to be
expected, however, that there will be some falling off in the numbers
enrolling for future courses, as the more enthusiastic members of
the local food trades have already completed the course and considerable
persuasion will be required to induce those less enthusiastic
to attend. Many of the personnel engaged in the food trades
are married women whose household duties will not permit their
attendance at evening lectures. By arranging lectures on particular
firms' own premises, thus allowing the staff to attend in
the firm's time, we have overcome this difficulty in the case of
some of the larger food establishments but this is not possible in
the case of many of the smaller firms. This is one of the major
factors which prevents many local traders from qualifying for a
food hygiene certificate.
The talk to school "leavers" in the Secondary Modern and
Secondary Grammar Schools in the Borough which commenced
in 1951 have proved to be an effective means of stimulating interest
in the scheme. The children have shown a great interest in the
subject and some of the Head Teachers have expressed their
appreciation of the manner in which the subject matter is conveyed
to the children. There can be very little doubt that many of
the children will talk over the subject with their mothers and I
think this is to be encouraged.
Since these talks commenced in 1951, sixty-one lectures
illustrated by flannelgraph and films have been given to over 2,000
school "leavers" at the Secondary Grammar and Secondary
Modern Schools in the Borough. I think this Scheme should
become a permanent feature of Ealing's Clean Food Campaign.
2. Inspection.
All the food establishments in the Borough have been
thoroughly inspected and a record card completed in respect of
each of them. During the past three years 5,793 visits have been
made to food premises and 1,123 repairs and improvements have
been carried out. These improvements range from the provision
of hot water supplies to, in some cases, complete reorganisation
of the premises.