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Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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APPENDIX E.
SUMMARY OF FORMS C RELATING TO POPLAR BOROUGH COUNCIL ESTATES.
| Year erected. | Estate.* | Number of tenements (erected or proposed). | Population. | Number of Families. | Overcrowded families per cent. of total families. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not overcrowded. | Overcrowded. | Total. | |||||
| 1920 | Grove Hall Park (Ridgdale and Baldock Streets) | 15 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 .6 |
| 1921 | Chapelhouse Street (Chapelhouse Street, Nos. 13-53; East Ferry Road, Nos. 140-160; Macquarie Way; Thermopylae Gate) | 120 | 788 | 74 | 47 | 121 | 38.8 |
| 1921 | St. Leonards Road, Nos. 241-251 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 1921 | Grundy Street, Nos. 45a-f | 6 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16.6 |
| 1925-6 | East India Buildings | 36 | 210 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 27.0 |
| 1924 | Kingfield Street (Kingfield Street, 1-28; Billson Street, 25-29; Parsonage Street, 13-39 and 18-32; Stebondale Street, 40-50) | 61 | 407 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 50-0 |
| 1927 | St. Leonards Street, Nos. 137-159A | 24 | 170 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 |
| 1925 | Electric House | 31 | 189 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 12.9 |
| 1926 | Manchester Grove (Manchester Road, 15-45; Manchester Grove, 1-59 and 2-44; East Ferry Road, 201-207) | 72 | 339 | 56 | 16 | 72 | 22.2 |
| 1927 | Glengall Road, Nos. 206-332 | 64 | 360 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 47.5 |
| 1927 | Ford Street, 33a-f | 6 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 66.6 |
| 1927 | Bedford Street, 1-9 | 9 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 |
| 1929 | Naval Row, Nos. 36-62 | 16 | 86 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 43.7 |
| 1929 | Gale Street, Nos. 39-45a | 6 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16.6 |
| 1929 | Sumner House | 64 | 439 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 67.2 |
| 1930 | Hesperus Crescent (Nos. 1-39 and 2-62; Harbinger Road, 22-34) | 108 | 742 | 47 | 60 | 107 | 56.1 |
| 1930 | Violet Road 5-1 1a | 8 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 |
| 1931 | Beachy House | 12 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 41.6 |
| 1932 | Glaucus Street, 53-95 | 22 | 129 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 50 .0 |
| 1932 | Poplar High Street, 78-84a | 11 | 29 | 11 | - | 11 | - |
| 1932 | Dunbar House | 80 | 532 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 52.5 |
| 1933 | Roffey House and Judkin Street, 11-12 and 14-37 | 50 | 313 | 33 | 17 | 50 | 34.0 |
| 1932 | Benworth Street | 16 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 |
| 1935 | Providence House | 78 | 396 | 62 | 16 | 78 | 20.5 |
| 1935 | Edgar House | 20 | 104 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Totals | 944 | 5,683 | 571 | 373 | 944 | 39.5 | |