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interested directly, or indirectly, in the food trade. This Committee
met on several occasions and recommended to the Council
that, in addition to the Byelaws, Codes of Practice be prepared for
each Food Trade and that a Campaign to stimulate interest in
Clean and Safe Food should be organised. Codes of Practice were
prepared and accepted by the Committee for recommendation to
the local traders as reasonable and practicable standards to be
attained.
A copy of the Byelaws and the appropriate Code of Practice,
together with a letter from the Medical Officer of Health, were
delivered to each of the 551 establishments in the district by the
Sanitary Inspectors who were thereby enabled to stress the importance
of the subject and give advice and explanation.
Various proposals regarding the nature of the Campaign were
discussed and the idea of an Exhibition had to be abandoned owing
to lack of a suitable hall or a site for the erection of a marquee.
It was then decided that, as it was impracticable to proceed
with an Exhibition, a concentrated Campaign should be held
during the period 7th—12th May, 1951.
Every possible form of publicity and education was considered
and finally a Campaign of the following nature was embarked upon.
Shop Window Displays.
A letter signed by the Chairman of the Clean Food Committee
and the Medical Officer of Health was addressed to every food
trader explaining that a special Campaign was being held in order
to bring to the notice of those engaged in the food trade, and to
the general public, the importance of, and the benefits to be derived
from, hygienic methods of food preparation, etc. The traders were
invited to prepare a display in their premises which would emphasise
the objects of the Campaign. It was stated that a suitably inscribed
certificate would be awarded to the display adjudged the
best in each class of food shop.
There were eighty-two entries and the displays were judged
by a panel of ladies and gentlemen appointed by the Executive
Committee of the Enfield Chamber of Commerce.
Showroom Displays.
Display exhibits in a showroom window by courtesy of the
Eastern Gas Board, demonstrated the loss and damage to food
caused by rats and mice. Live rats in a model sewer manhole,
live mice in a larder, and a large background of a basket of rations
being attacked by a rat, formed an interest-compelling display.
This exhibit was provided and fitted by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries, Infestation Control Division.