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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION E.
FOOD
GENERAL:
Food Premises:
Apart from those premises closed by reason of slum clearance, and
other redevelopment, the number of food premises in the Borough remains
comparatively unchanged.
The numbers of the various types of food businesses in the Borough are now as follows: -
| Restaurants, cafes and snack bars | 156 |
| Public Houses | 106 |
| Off-licence premises | 9 |
| Breweries, Distilleries, etc. | 12 |
| Factory canteens | 75 |
| Commercial canteens | 50 |
| Dairies and milk distributors | 133 |
| Ice cream manufacturers | 3 |
| Ice cream sellers | 149 |
| Confectioners (sweets) shops | 74 |
| Bakers shops | 21 |
| Bakehouses (i) Basement | 7 |
| (ii) Above ground | 9 |
| Grocers & provision shops (retail) | 57 |
| Provision merchants (wholesale) | 11 |
| Greengrocers & fruiterers | 22 |
| Cheese importers | 3 |
| Fish shops | 2 |
| Fish curers | 2 |
| Fried fish shops | 9 |
| Eel and pie shops | 5 |
| Poultry dealers (wholesale) | 6 |
| Butchers shops (retail) | 38 |
| Wholesale butchers and offal dealers | 46 |
| Wholesale horseflesh dealers | 1 |
| Bacon factories | 7 |
| Sausage factories | 2 |
| Sausage casing merchants | 3 |
| Meat extract factory | 1 |
| Public cold stores | 6 |
| Soft drinks manufacturer | 1 |
| Chemists shops (retail) | 16 |
| Manufacturing wholesale chemists | 9 |