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

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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 1971

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

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TABLE 47

Table: VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Type of PremisesNo.Visitsor Inspections
Registered and Licensed Premises
Common Lodging Houses313
Pur Skin Dressers33
Hai rdr essers167143
Ice-Cream456250
Massage Establishments47
Milk Distributors244221
Pet Shops and Stalls67141
Pharmacy and Poisons6798
Poultry slaughterhouses1920 6
Prepared Food Meat9787
- Fi sh67101
Rag Flock3326
Seamen's Lodging Houses216
Dwellings
No. of visits on complaint )4,821
No. of visits for drainage )61,1932,237
No. of revisits )6,258
No. of other visits998
Other Premises
Bakehouses4083
Baker Shops and Stalls90139
Butcher Shops and Stalls163303
Canteens and Clubs604159
Chemists5215
Confectionery Shops and Stalls350237
Fish Shops and Stalls123102
Greengrocers and Fruiterers Shops and Stalls502442
Grocers Shops and Stalls358571
Hospitals, Institutions and Day Nurseries3711
Public Houses450612
Poultry Shops and Stalls107116
Restaurants, Cafes and Stalls548683
School Meal Centres13571
Wholesale Food Depots, Markets and Wharves1421,915
Other Food Premises148197
Food Delivery Vehicles-18
Factories (Mechanical)1,8452,949
Factories (Non Mechanical)105151
Factories (other)7812
Outworkers1,106462
Schools102115
Drainage Work-2628
27.617

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There are 3 411 food premises including stalls in the Borough,
Some of the premises listed above are included under more than one trade category.