London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Wholesale premises 26
(Grocers 16; Banana ripeners 4; Confectioners 4; Biscuits 2).
Retail premises 1,041
(Grocers 197; Confectioners 114; Restaurants 139; Industrial canteens 101;
Non-industrial canteens 30; School meals centres 25; Public houses 175;
Off-licences 25; Continental butchers 1; Bakers 37; Fishmongers 43;
Herbalists 1; Greengrocers 64; Butchers 61; Chemists 14; Miscellaneous 14).
Street market stalls 130
Slaughterhouses 3
Registered premises.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14.
(a) Ice cream; Manufacture and sale 20
Sale and storage 165
(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 and preserved, etc., foods 52
Food & Drugs Act, 1938, Section 34.
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine 8
Butter factories 2
(Note - no butter blending took place at either of these premises during the
year).
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