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Section I.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
Area of Borough (excluding water) 2,136 acres
Population (Census, 1921) 162,618
Population, estimated to middle of 1927 167,000
Number of Inhabited Houses (Census, 1921) 23,064
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census, 1921) 37,288
Rateable Value (April, 1927) £996,400
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (April, 1927) £3,840
Social Conditions, including the chief occupations of the
inhabitants, and the influence of any particular occupation
on public health.
Poplar is an industrial district with a number of large factories and
several docks. There are also many wharves along the river which
bounds the Borough on the south.
The Census of 1921 shows the largest proportion of the inhabitants
are employed in various forms of transport, nearly one-twelfth of the
total population being transport workers, or more than one-fourth of
the males in employment at the time of the Census.
Among other occupations are metal workers, woodworkers and
furniture makers, builders and bricklayers, etc., makers of food,
confectionery, matches and tobacco.
The Borough is densely populated (78 persons per acre).