Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during
the year 353†
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 2,076
t (a) Rehoused by London County Council 179
(6) Rehoused by Poplar Borough Council 39
(c) Rehoused by Housing Association 1
(d) Obtained other alternative accommodation 59
(e) Vacated accommodation taken over 29
(d) Others 46
353
(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
Number of new houses and tenements erected during 1938:—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b))318
(i) By the Local Authority 58
(ii) By other Local Authorities 260
(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 1936 Act (Slum Clearance)
56
(b) For the purposes of the 1936 Act (Overcrowding)
2
(c) For other purposes Nil.
See
notes
on
page 56.