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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 1969

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

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Table: TABLE 51

TABLE 51

VISITS BV PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Type of PremisesNo.Visits or
Inspect ions
Registered and Licensed Premises
Animal Boarding Establishments11
Common Lodging Houses327
Pur Skin Dressers33
Hairdressers188169
Ice-Cream495327
Massage Establishments55
Milk Distributors313231
Pet Shops and Stalls70199
Pharmacy and Poisons77149
Poultry Slaughterhouses19198
Prepared Food - Meat10876
- Fish6463
Rag Flock3135
Seamen* s Lodging Houses311
Dwellings No. of visits on complaint5.996
No. of visits for drainage3,323
No. of revisits62.8439,607
No. of other visits )2,637
Other Premises Bakehouses52124
Baker Shops and Stalls95203
Butcher Shops and Stalls191447
Canteens and Clubs601277
Chemists6124
Confectionery Shops and Stalls384319
Fish Shops and Stalls142318
Greengrocers and Fruiterers Shops and Stalls694728
Grocers Shops and Stalls49 4612
Hospitals, Institutions and Day Nurseries3014
Public Houses411819
Poultry Shops and Stalls108130
Restaurants, Cafes and Stalls3471,137
School Meal Centres13165
Wholesale Food Depots, Markets and WharVes1311,102
Other Food Premises170318
Food Delivery Vehicles18
Factories (Mechanical)3,5641,405
Factories (Non-Mechanical)433265
Factories (Other)11048
Outworkers597641
Schools10154
Drainage Work-2.216
Tot al:34,330