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Food Hygiene
During the year under review the Public Health Committee received
a report concerning proposed lectures to managements and
staffs engaged in food premises.
About 300 premises were circularised by letter, with which was
enclosed a questionnaire regarding these lectures.
Only 49 replies were received, with the following results.
Yes No No
indication
Employees to be allowed to attend lecures 31 15 3
Proprietor or Manager wishing to attend 28 — —
Total number of employees engaged in
food handling 171
It does not take long to form the opinion that the replies to the
questionnaire were poor indeed, and indicates the lack of interest
in the trade on this subject. However, it was decided to go ahead
with the lectures, courses of three weekly lectures starting on 26th
October, 1954 and 23rd November, 1954. A third course followed in
1955.
The attendances at these lectures in Courses 1 and 2, for each of
the following three weeks were as follows:
Course No. 1. 15, 10 and 10.
Course No. 2 .15, 8 and 8.
A considerable amount of time was devoted to the preparation of
the lectures, so as to make them attractive and interesting, and remarks
from those who attended indicated their appreciation, although
greater encouragement would have been given to the lecturer
had there been better attendances.
The Central Public Health Laboratories at Colindale loaned visual
aids, and for the early lectures a film strip projector was borrowed
from the Civil Defence Officer. Later the Public Health Committee
sanctioned the purchase of a similar projector for general use in
connection with health propaganda. The use of this apparatus has
been, and will continue to be, of great help during lectures and
talks to local organisations.
We were pleased that both the Chairman of the Public Health
Committee and the Medical Officer of Health were able to attend
at some of the lectures.
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