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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION D
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food Premises.
The number of food premises in the area by type of business is as follows:Manufacturing
premises 37.
(Confectionery 6; Flour millers 3; Edible oils 1; Icecream 2; Wine blenders 2;
Nut roasters 3; Grocery 1; Pickles 1; Spice grinders 1; Milk pasteurising 1;
Pood Dehydration 2; Meat products 7; Mineral waters 1; Sugar refiners 2;
Bakers 1; Essences 1; Sausage Rusk 1; Biscuit 1).
This list does not include places where food is manufactured principally
for retail sale on the premises.
Wharves 28.
Cold stores 1.
Wholesale premises 18.
(Grocers 11; Banana Merchants 2; Confectioners 3; Fruiterers 2;).
Retail premises 960.
(Grocers 169; Confectioners 115; Restaurants 118; Industrial canteens 98;
Non-industrial canteens 26; School meals centres 25; Public houses 164;
Off-licences 25; Bakers 32; Fishmongers 35; Herbalists 1; Greengrocers 62;
Butchers 60; Chemists 16; Miscellaneous 14).
Street market stalls 150.
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