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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
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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The premises where ice creams are sold in the City may be classified as under, the corresponding figures for 1905 being given in italics—
| Number. | Place of In the City. | Manufacture. In other Districts. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea shops | 121 | 31 | 90 | |||
| Confectioners | 19 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Restaurants | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Small confectioners and light refreshment shops | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Ditto (owned by foreigners) | 79 | 22 | 57 | |||
| Total | 233 | 73 | 160 | |||
From the above it will be seen that of the 87 small confectioners and light
refreshment shops in the City where ice creams are sold no fewer than 79 of
them, or 90.8 per cent., are owned by foreigners.
Itinerant Ice Cream Vendor Prosecutions.
| Luigi Taino | Is. and 5s. 6d. expenses. |
| Farsette Luigi | 20s. „ 10s. 6d. or 7 days. |
| Andrew Piccolo | 20s. „ 3s. 0d. expenses. |
| Pagnalo Asai | 10s. „ 13s. 0d. or 7 days. |
| Antonia Sposido | 20s. „ 10s. 0d. or 7 days. (Defendant went to gaol.) |
| Rafel Keating | |
| Salvador Govino | 10s. „ 5s. 6d. „ |
| Gauzi Biagio | 10s. „ 5s. 6d. „ |