Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 followss-
Manufacturing premises - 35
(Confectionery 4; Flour Millers 3; Edible Oils 1; Ice Cream 3;
Wine Blenders 2; Nut Roasters 2; Grocery 3; Pickles lj Spice
Grinder 1; Food Dehydration 1| Meat Products 6; Mineral
Waters 1; Sugar Refiners 2; Bakers 2; Essences 1; Sausage
Rusk 1; Biscuits l.)
This list does not include places where food is nanufactured
principally for retail sale on the preaises.
Wharves - 27. Cold Stores - 4.
Wholesale premises - 15
(Grocers 10; Confectioners 3; Fruiterers 2).
Retail premises - 951
(Grocers 170; Confectioners 121; Restaurants 109; Industrial
Canteens 95; Non-industrial Canteens 29; School Meals Centres
25; Public Houses 150; Off Licence 25; Bakers 34; Fishmongers
37; Greengrocers 60; Butchers 6l; Chemists 19; Miscellaneous ll).
Street Market Stalls - 445•
REGISTERED PREMISES
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, Section 16:
(a) Ice Cream - Manufacture and sale 12
Sale and storage 187
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.).
(b) Sausages and preserved, etc. foods 57
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