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Typical Morning Programme.
9.00 a.m. Vans on site, music by amplifier.
9.30 a.m. Recorded Talk by Medical Officer Of Health.
10,00 a.m. Film "Another Case of Food Poisoning".
10.30 a.m. Questions and Answers.
11.00 a.m. Film "A Fly About the House"
11,30 a.m. Questions and Answers .
12.00 noon Visit by Mayor and Mayoress.
The afternoon programme continued until 5.30 or 6 p.m.
Material for Questions . Prior to the Campaign a list of
30 selected questions and answers was prepared by the
Medical Officer of Health. Copies of this list were
supplied to all members of the staff manning the Unit. In
slack moments, when public questions were not forthcoming,
staff members in the crowd put up questions from the list,
which were answered by the Speaker, and were usually
followed up by supplementary questions from the public.
Exhibits Shown. No attempt was made to hold a formal
exhibition, but a few small exhibits likely to stimulate
interest and start discussions were shown on the information
stall.
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The following were exhibited
(a) A plate-culture of staphylococci mounted on a
card with a dirty dish-cloth on same card.
Caption: "Food Poisoning Germ's grown from a
dirty.dish-cloth." . "
(b) Framed copies of the Council's "Certificate of
Hygiene for Catering Establishments."
(c) ;Newspaper headlines of reported recent cases
of'Food Poisoning. Caption; "Recent Cases of
Food Poisoning in England and Wales."
(d) Illustrated charts showing how Food Poisoning
spreads from the hands of kitchen workers to
food and from food to the public.
(e) Enlarged statistical charts of Food Poisoning
in England and Wales, and several photographs.
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