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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Wholesale premises 27
(Grocers 16; Banana ripeners 4; Confectioners 5; Biscuits 2).
Retail premises 1,016
(Grocers 192; Confectioners 112; Restaurants 135; Industrial canteens 98;
Non-industrial canteens 30; School meals centres 25; Public houses 176;
Off-licences 24; Bakers 34; Fishmongers 36; Herbalists 1; Greengrocers 64;
Butchers 61; Chemists 14; Miscellaneous 14).
Street market stalls 130
Slaughterhouses 2
Registered premises.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14.
(a) Ice cream; Manufacture and sale .. 18
Sale and storage .. .. 164
(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 7
Butter factories 2
(Note - no butter blending took place at either of these premises during the
year.)
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