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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

Tower Hamlets 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 52VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 52

VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Type of PremisesNo.Visits or Inspections
Registered and Licensed Premises
Animal Boarding Establishments12
Common Lodging Houses418
Fur Skin Dressers23
Hairdressers190275
Ice Cream507355
Massage Establishments518
Milk Distributors317255
Pet Shops and Stalls72130
Pharmacy and Poisons9664
Poultry Slaughterhouses18193
Prepared Food - Meat9878
- Fish5860
Rag Flock3826
Seamen's Lodging Houses320
Dwellings
No. of visits on complaint-5,788
No. of visits for drainage-3,582
No. of revisits-9,416
No. of other visits-2,400
Other Premises
Bakehouses54127
Baker Shops and Stalls105218
Butcher Shops and Stalls198344
Canteens and Clubs609363
Chemists6627
Confectionery Shops and Stalls411332
Fish Shops and Stalls144317
Greengrocers and Fruiterers Shops and Stalls7 26945
Grocers Shops and Stalls505649
Hospitals, Institutions and Day Nurseries2912
Public Houses and Off Licences481685
Poultry Shops and Stalls113178
Restaurants, Cafes and Stalls626857
School Meal Centres13090
Wholesale Food Depots, Markets and Wharves891,251
Other Food Premises178319
Food Delivery Vehicles-25
Factories (Mechanical)3,5771,122
Factories (Non Mechanical)441169
Factories (Other)7567
Outworkers659258
Schools99150
Drainage Work-1,957
Total33,145
There are 4,088 food premises including stalls in the Borough. Some of the premises listed above are included under more than one trade category.