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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION E
FOOD
GENERAL:
FOOD PREMISES:
The number of food premises in the Borough remain comparatively
constant apart from those premises closed by reason of clearance
areas, and in the case of registered Ice-Cream manufacturers, a
reduction has been caused by the removal from the register of
those sellers who have discontinued to trade in this commodity.
The number of those known in the Borough now are:-
| Restaurants cafes and snack bars | 156 |
| Public Houses | 110 |
| Off-licence premises (retail & shops) | 11 |
| Breweries, Distilleries etc. | 12 |
| Factory Canteens | 78 |
| Commercial Canteens | 50 |
| Dairies and milk distributors | 131 |
| Ice-cream manufacturers | 3 |
| Ice-Cream sellers | 159 |
| Confectioners (sweets) shops | 74 |
| Bakers shops | 75 |
| Bakehouses (i) Basement | 7 |
| (ii) Above ground | 9 |
| Grocers and provision shops (retail) | 57 |
| Provision merchants (wholesale) | 12 |
| Cheese importers (wholesale) | 3 |
| Greengrocers & fruiterers | 22 |
| Fish shops | 7 |
| Fish curers | 2 |
| Fried fish shops | 8 |
| Eel & pie shops | 5 |
| Poultry dealers (wholesale) | 3 |
| Butchers shops (retail) | 39 |
| Wholesale butchers and offal dealers | 42 |
| Wholesale horseflesh dealers | 1 |
| Bacon factories | 7 |
| Sausage factories | 2 |
| Sausage casing merchants | 3 |
| Meat extract factory | 1 |
| Public cold stores | 6 |
| Chemist shops (retail) | 16 |
| Manufacturing wholesale chemists | 9 |