London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough.
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SECTION E
FOOD
Food Premises
The number of known food premises in the borough at the end of the
year was as follows -
Restaurants, cafes and snack bars 165
Public Houses 124
Off licence premises (retail & shops)9
Factory canteens 73
Commercial canteens Apppox. 50
Dairies and milk distributors etc 138
Ice Cream sellers 150
Confectioners (sweets) shops 75
Bakers shops 24
Bakehouses (i) Basement 7 16
(ii) Above ground 9.
Grocers & provision shops (retail) 40
Provision merchants (wholesale) 13
Cheese importers (wholesale) 3
Greengrocers & fruiterers 22
Fish shops 3
Fish curers 3
Fried fish shops 9
Eel & pie shops 6
Poultry dealers (wholesale) 4
Butchers shops (retail) 37
Wholesale butchers & offal dealers 24
Wholesale horseflesh dealer 1
Bacon factories 8
Sausage factories 3
Sausage casing merchants 6