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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
Stepney 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 14.
| Type and Number of Food Premises in the Borough | Premises registered under more than one category | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter & Marg. Factories | Restaurants, Cafes, &c. | Canteens &c. | Chemists | Confectioners | Fruit & Vegetables | Grocers (Retail) | Grocers (Wholesale) | Ice Cream | Milkshops | Poultry | Prepared Food | Wholesale Marg Dealers | ||
| Bakehouses (Basement.) | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| " (Grd. level) | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bakers Shops | 26 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Butter & Marg. Factories | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Butcher Shops | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 119 | 98 | — |
| Cafes, Restaurants, etc. | 368 | — | 368 | — | — | 8 | 4 | 16 | — | 64 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Canteens (incl. Club's, School Meal Centres etc.) | 294 | — | — | 294 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chemists, Druggists | 40 | — | — | 1 | 40 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Confectioners | 208 | — | — | 1 | — | 208 | 2 | — | — | 143 | — | — | — | — |
| Fish Shops | 140. | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 45 | — |
| Fruit & Vegetable Shops | 478 | — | — | — | — | — | 478 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grocers (Retail) | 329 | — | 6 | — | — | 115 | 3 | 329 | — | 67 | 223 | — | — | 3 |
| " (Wholesale) | 62 | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 62 | — | 1 | — | — | 26 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Milk shops | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Public Houses | 278 | — | 201 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Poultry Dealers | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — |
| Prepared Food Premises | 31 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — |
| Miscellaneous (Wharves &c) | 105 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2597 | 4 | 587 | 324 | 41 | 334 | 488 | 336 | 64 | 284 | 240 | 165 | 174 | 30 | |