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Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Section A.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
Area of Borough (excluding water) 2,136 acres
Population (Census, 1931) 155,089
Population,Estimated Resident—mid-1936 (Reg.-General) 140,300
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1936) according to
Rate Books 23,481
Rateable Value (October, 1936) £776,399
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (April, 1936) £3,030
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.