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Cooper McDougall & Robertson, Rentakill, the North Thames
Gas Board, Domestos, Marks and Spencers Ltd., F.H. Rowse
Ltd., Bentalls Ltd., and T. Wall & Sons.
The Public Health Department's stand concerned itself
with the Council's Clean Pood Campaign and Pood Hygiene
Certificate Scheme. The Public Health Laboratory Service
also provided a stand dealing fully with the bacteriological
aspect, and we were fortunate on many occasions
in having Dr. Betty Hobbs demonstrating this.
The opening ceremony was performed by J.W. Barter Esq.,
Member of Parliament for Ealing North, and a large number
of specially invited visitors and representatives of the
Exhibitors attended a small reception which enabled them
and the Council's representatives to meet. Throughout the
week, in addition to casual visitors, it was arranged
that parties could attend by appointment, and we were
particularly glad when these consisted of Ealing school
children. The total number who visited the Clean Pood
section was 3,531 and the Clean Air section was 3,304.
All visitors received a copy of the Exhibition brochure.
Every effort had been made to make it informative and I
think we succeeded in this.
It is very difficult to evaluate the full effects of
such an Exhibition, but I feel confident that many of the
visitors now have a much clearer understanding of the
Council s aims and intentions in these two spheres of
public health work.
FOOD HYGIENE
The. Clean Food policy of the Ealing Council is a long
term one based on regular inspections of food premises,
together with talks to food handlers, school leavers and
women's organisations. this lecture scheme is regarded as
of vital importance and is being pursued with the same
energy as during the past 12 years. There is every indi
cation that these talks are appreciated and that they are
showing beneficial results.
During 1961, 22 lectures were given to food handlers
and 88 received Certificates of Attendance upon completing
the course. In addition 27 talks on Pood Hygiene were
given by the Public Health Inspectors to approximately
990 school-leavers at the Grammar and Secondary Modern
Schools in the Borough.
Food Hygiene Certificates.
The current holders of these 58 certificates are:-