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Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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APPENDIX D.
SUMMARY OF FORMS 0 RELATING TO LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ESTSTES.
| Year erected. | Estate. | Number of tenements (erected or proposed). | Population. | Number of Families. | Overcrowded families per cent. of total families. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not overcrowded. | Overcrowded. | Total. | |||||
| 1901-2 | Ann Street (Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney Buildings) | 135 | 461 | 105 | 29 | 134 | 21.6 |
| 1934 | Bakers Alley (Baker, Baxter and Rudstone Houses) | 78 | 334 | 56 | 21 | 77 | 27.3 |
| 1927 | Birchfield House | 40 | 171 | 29 | 11 | 40 | 27.5 |
| 1933 | Bow Bridge (Alton, Bradley and Prioress Houses) | 113a | 487 | 84 | 22 | 106 | 20.8 |
| 1901 | Cotton Street (Montreal and Toronto Buildings) | 70 | 267 | 55 | 15 | 70 | 20.6 |
| 1894 | Council Buildings | 50 | 174 | 41 | 8 | 49 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | Coventry Cross | 90b | 254 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 1.7 |
| 1935 | Oban House | 87c | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1904 | Prestons Road (Baffin, Hudson, Ontario, Ottawa, Quebec and Winnipeg Buildings and St. Lawrence Cottages) | 264 | 1,017 | 195 | 67 | 262 | 25.6 |
| 1933-5 | West Ferry Road | 168 | 738 | 147 | 20 | 167 | 12.0 |
| Totals | 1,095 | 3,903 | 768 | 194 | 962 | 20.2 | |
(a) 8 not yet built.
(b) 57 occupied at time of enumeration.
(c) Not completed at time of enumeration.
Comments on Appendix D.
It will be seen that of the London County Council Estates as a whole
the Percentage of families overcrowded is 20.2, the percentage varying
in the individual estates from 27.5 in Birchfield house, and 27.3 in
Bakers Alley Estate to 1.7 in Coventry Cross Estate (which is only partly
occupied).