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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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Table: Number of Houses owned by the Local Authority.(a)Held under the Housing Acts:— (1) With State assistance:—

Number of Houses owned by the Local Authority.

(a)Held under the Housing Acts:— (1) With State assistance:—

Under the 1919 Act—New Housing150
Rehousing36186
,, ,, 1923 Act—New Housing61
Rehousing24
85
,, ,, 1924 Act544
,, ,, 1930 Act (including 150 built during the last 2 years)192
,, ,, 1935 Act—Overcrowding351,042
(2) Without State assistance:—
Houses converted to tenements(tenements) 24
1,066
(3) Purchase for eventual demolition5
(b) Held under other powers:—
(1) Purchase for alternative accommodations2
(2) Other properties68