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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS OF THE AREA.
Area (excluding water) 2,136 acres
Population, estimated mid-year 74,640
Number of inhabited houses (according to Rate Books) 15,732
Rateable Value £542,922
General Rate (1949-50) 18/4 in £
Sum represented by a penny rate (1949-50) £2,200
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