London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1962

[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 36.
(Confectionery 4; Flour Millers 3; Edible oils 1; Ice cream 4; Wine
blenders 2; Nut roasters 2; Grocery 3; Pickles 1; Spice grinders 1;
Food dehydration 1; Meat products 6; Mineral waters 1; Sugar
refiners 2; Bakers 2; 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 27. Cold Stores 3.
Wholesale premises 15.
(Grocers 10; Confectioners 3; Fruiterers 2)
Retail premises 960
(Grocers 173; Confectioners 124; Restaurants 118; Industrial canteens 97;
Non-industrial canteens 29; School meals centres 25; Public houses 149;
Off-licences 24; Bakers 34; Fishmongers 37; Greengrocers 60; Butchers 61;
Chemists 18; Miscellaneous 11).
Street market stalls 445.
REGISTERED PREMISES
Food & Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16.
(a) Ice cream : Manufacture and sale 13
Sale and storage 182
Storage only 4
(NOTE - In addition to the premises referred to above ice cream is also sold
from 38 premises exempt from registration, i.e., Restaurants, Cinemas,
etc.)
(a) Sausages and preserved etc., foods .58
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