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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

Islington 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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Table: Food and Drugs Act, 1955Number of food premises in the area, and type of business

Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Number of food premises in the area, and type of business

Bakehouses - basement12
Bakehouses - others26
Bakers' retail shops77
Bacon factories7
Breweries11
Butchers (retail)183
Butchers (wholesale)46
Cafes and restaurants398
Canteens228
Cheese importers13
Coffee stalls11
Continental food shops54
Fish shops (wet)65
Fish curers25
Fish depot1
Fish friers60
Food factories38
Food stalls261
Food storage premises for street traders76
Greengrocers and fruiterers214
Grocers and provision merchants (retail)487
Grocers and provision merchants (wholesale)49
Horseflesh dealers (wholesale)2
Licensed clubs58
Off-licences116
Poultry dealers (wholesale)6
Public houses and beerhouses389
Public cold stores6
Milk depots8
Milk machines29
Food machines8
Sausage casing merchants3
Sugar and chocolate confectionery418

Table: Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (l)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955Included in foregoing list

Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (l)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Included in foregoing list

Total No. of Preserved Food Premises211
No. of Butchers142
No. of Grocery and provision shops43
No. of Food Factories16
No. of Cooked meat shops1
No. of Jellied Eels and Pie Shdps4
No. of Bakers (meat pies)1
No. of Fishmongers4
Total No. of inspections and visits made by Inspectors to Preserved Pood Premises124
Details of the inspections etc. by the Inspectors are given below
Bakehouses - basement43
Bakehouses - others228
Bakers (bread and cake shops)144
Butchers1, 375
Chemists30
Confectioners170
Fried fish shops227
Fish curers103
Fishmongers95
Greengrocers & Fruiterers186
Grocery & Provisions1.288
Wholesale Food Stores and Depots597
Markets64
Food Storage for Street traders28
Other Flood Premises40
Vehicles96
Stalls1.066
Public Houses and Off Licences275
Restaurants, Eating Houses and Canteens1,924
Meat inspections at Licensed Slaughterhou376
Food examinations (other)314
Ice Cream premises165
Preserved Food Premises124
Dairies (milk distributor)276
Contraventions found153
Contraventions remedied172
Notices served (Food and Drugs Act)107
Notices complied with (Food and Drugs Act)32
Infectious diseases8
Food poisoning enquiries21