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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

Poplar 1953

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

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Milk & Dairies Regulations 1949
Dairies 8
Milk Distributors: Inside the Borough 139
Outside the Borough 24
Inspection of Food Premises.

Table: The following is a detailed summary showing the types of premises inspected during the year:

The following is a detailed summary showing the types of premises inspected during the year:

Number of Inspections
Bakers55
160
Milk Distributors178
Restaurants394
Industrial catering establishments106
Other catering establishments60
Pish shops, fryers and curers82
Stalls and itinerant vendors55
Market inspections56
Ice cream premises163
Wharves113
Butchers199
Registered food manufacturers81
Other food premises797
Total inspections2,499

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Unsatisfactory conditions, warranting formal action, were found at 54 premises.
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