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Poplar 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| No.of houses occupied by the working classes | 23,000 | No.of houses for the working classes | (a) Erected during year | 15 | |
| (b) In course of erection | 111 | ||||
| No. of houses inspected | (a) On account of complaints or illness (P.H. Act) | 8,059 | No. of representations by Medical Officer or other person | 4† | |
| (b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | 2,213 | No. of houses included in such representations | 109 | ||
| * Includes Licensed Premises, etc. † Includes 1 re-representation to London County Council. | |||||
| No. of notices served | (a) UnderP.H. Act: | No. of Closing Orders made | Nil. | ||
| (i) Intimation | 4,992 | ||||
| (ii) Statutory | 1,655 | No. of Closing Orders determined (i.e., houses made fit) | Nil. | ||
| (b) Under Housing Act | Nil | ||||
| No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P.H. Act, 1891 | 4,856 | No. of Demolition Orders | 2* | ||
| No. of houses repaired under Sec. 3 of Housing Act, 1925 | (a) By owners | Nil. | No. of houses demolished | (a) In pursuance of Orders | 1 |
| (b) Voluntarily | Nil. | (b) By L.A. in default of owners | Nil. | ||
* 1 cancelled by County Court Judge after completion of certain specified works.
| No. illegally occupied 1 | No. of cases of overcrowding |
| found 69 | |
| No. closed or illegal occupation | No. remedied 22 |
| discontinued 1 | No. of prosecutions Nil, |
| No. on register | 148 |
| No. of inspections made | 1076 |
| No. of prosecutions | 1 |