Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION E
FOOD
General:
Food Premises:
There has been no great change in the number of Food Premises
established in the Borough.
The numbers of the various classes of food premises is as follows:-
| Restaurants, cafes, snack bars | 135 |
| Public Houses | 106 |
| Off-Licence premises | 11 |
| Licensed clubs | 22 |
| Breweries, Distilleries etc. | 11 |
| Factory Canteens | 75 |
| Commercial Canteens | 28 |
| Dairies & milk distributors | 135 |
| Ice cream manufacturers | 3 |
| Ice Cream sellers | 157 |
| Confectioners (sweets) shops | 74 |
| Bakers shops | 21 |
| Bakehouses (i) Basement | 6 |
| (ii) Above ground | 9 |
| Grocers & provision shops (retail) | 58 |
| Provision merchants (wholesale) | 11 |
| Greengrocers & fruiterers | 22 |
| Cheese importers | 3 |
| Fish shops | 2 |
| Fish curers | 2 |
| Fried fish shops | 8 |
| Eel & pie shops | 5 |
| Poultry dealers (wholesale) | 6 |
| Butchers shops (retail) | 38 |
| Wholesale butchers & 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 |