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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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Housing Act, 1936. The progress of areas during 1937 has been as follows:—
| No. | Area. | Approx. area, including added lands, (acres). | Number of | Date of Council's resolution declaring Area. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in area. | Families. | Persons | ||||||
| Title. | ||||||||
| In area. | Added lands. | |||||||
| 34b | (a) Poplar Borough Council:— Lindale Street | 0.03 | 3 | 3 | 15 | — | 25.2.37 | Clearance only. Inquiry 20.4.37. Order confirmed 18.6.1937. |
| 80 | Glaucus Street | 0.2304 | 7 | 9 | 35 | — | ||
| (b) London County Council:— | ||||||||
| 53 | Grace Street | 1.48 | 69 | - | 288 | 20 | 2.2.37 | One block to be erected on site to accommodate approximately 411 persons. |
| 12 | Phoebe Street Areas (situate in Poplar and Stepney) | Area 1 (Poplar & Stepney) 6.661 Area 8 (Poplar only) 0.266 | 192 (Poplar 140) also 28 houses and some other properties of which 22 houses and 1 store and 1 beerhouse are in Poplar.) 7 | 1118 (total) (Poplar) ? 47 | 176 (total) (Poplar) ? - | 9.2.37 . | Inquiry held at St. George's Town Hall, Cable Street, Stepney, 7th and 8th Dec., 1937. | |
| 22 | Hinks Place | 0.403 | 25 (and 1 shop) | 94 | - | 4.5.37 | Clearance only. Inquiry held 24.1.38. | |
| 26 | Cottage Place | 0.102 | 10 | — | 30 | 4.5.37 | Clearance only. | |