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Poplar 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Food Premises.
The number of food premises in the area by type of
business is as follows:
Manufacturing premises 37.
(Confectionery 5; Bakers confectionery 1;
Flour millers 3; Edible oils 2; Ice cream 2;
Wine blenders 2; Nut roasters 2; Grocery 3;
Pickles 2; Spice grinders 1; Milk pasteurising 2;
Food dehydration 2; Meat products 7;
Mineral waters 1; Ice lollies 1; Bakers 1.)
This list does not include places where food is manufactured
principally for retail sale on the premises,,
Wharves 22.
Cold stores 2.
Wholesale premises 21.
(Grocers 12; Greengrocers 3; Confectioners 5;
Biscuits 1.)
Retail premises 1,004
(Grocers 195; Confectioners 106; Restaurants 129;
Industrial canteens 98; Non-industrial canteens 33;
School meals centres 23; Public houses 179;
Off Licences 25; Continental butchers 1; Bakers 38;
Fishmongers 43; Herbalists 1; Greengrocers 61;
Butchers 58; Chemists 14.)
Street Market Stalls 130.
Coffee Stalls. 10
Slaughterhouses 3 (Note-none of these were used
during the year)
Registered premises.
Food & Drugs Act 1938, Section 14.
(a) Ice Cream.
Manufacture and sale 31.
Sale and storage 143.
(Note - in addition to the premises referred to above ice
cream is also sold from 37 premises exempt from
registration, i.e., Restaurants,Cinemas, etc.)
(b) Sausages & preserved, etc.,foods. 48.
44.