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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Poplar 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Accommodation provided during 1936.
The Town Clerk afforded the following information regarding the number of families rehoused during the past year:—
| Families accommodated . | Number of persons (approx.). | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Newly erected houses or flats | 44 | 203 | |
| (2) Adapted buildings | — | — | |
| (3) Vacancies re-let | |||
| 37 | |||
| (b) Adapted or miscellaneous | |||
| properties | — | ||
| 37 | 210 | ||
| 81 | 413 | ||
| (1) (i) Ordinary cases | 493 | ||
| (ii) Rehousing cases | 344 | ||
| (iii) Special hardship cases .. | 20 | ||
| (iv) Tenants transferred (20) .. | — | ||
| (2) Housing Act, 1935, cases:— | |||
| (i) Ordinary | 35 | ||
| (ii) Tenants transferred (12) | — | ||
| 892 | ** | ||
| Total | 973 | ||
** It is not possible to give the approximate number of persons
accommodated under this heading.