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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases2,021
(a) Rehoused by London County Council206
(b) Rehoused by Popular Borough Council66
(c) Rehoused by Housing Association1
(d) Obtained other alternative accommodation57
(e) Vacated accommodation taken over14
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(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses
have again become overcrowded after the Local
Authority have taken steps for the abatement of
overcrowding —
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health
may consider it desirable to report (see page 56.)

Table: Number of new houses and tenements erected during 1937:—

Number of new houses and tenements erected during 1937:—

(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b))410
(i) By the Local Authority46
(ii) By other Local Authorities364
(iii) By other bodies or persons—
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:—
(i) By the Local Authority:—
(a) For the purposes of the 1930 Act (Slum Clearance)11
(b) For the purposes of the 1935 Act (Overcrowding)35
(c) For other purposesNil.