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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 10.
| Type and Number of Food Premises in the Borcugh | Premises registered under more than one category. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter & Marg. Factories. | Restaurants, Cafes, &c. | Canteens &c. | Chemists. | Confectioners | Fruit. Vegetables. | Grocers (Retail) | Grocers (Wholesale) | Ice Cream. | Milkshops. | Poultry. | Prepared Food. | Wholesale Marg.Dealers. | ||
| Bakehouses (Basement) | 18 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| " (Grd.level) | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Bakers Shops | 15 | - | — | — | - | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Butter & Marg.Factories | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butchers Shops | 134 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 95 | - |
| Cafes, Restaurants | 344 | - | 344 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 58 | 8 | - | 1 | - |
| Canteens (incl. Clubs, Sctool Meal Centres &c . ) | 302 | - | - | 302 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chemists, Druggists | 41 | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectioners | 243 | - | - | - | - | 243 | 2 | - | - | 136 | - | - | - | - |
| Fish Shops | 106 | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 54 | — |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 481 | - | - | - | - | - | 48l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grocers (Retail) | 338 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 338 | - | 59 | 204 | - | - | - |
| " (Wholesale) | 99 | 2 | - | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 99 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 30 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Milk shops | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Public Houses | 273 | - | 199 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poultry Dealers | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | - | - |
| Prepared Food Premises | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | |
| Iviiscellaneous (Wharves &c.) | 116 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 2651 | 4 | 568 | 333 | 42 | 248 | 490 | 341 | 101 | 264 | 220 | 183 | 180 | 31 | |
+ It is estimated that 75 per cent of Grocers sell confectionery.