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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 1954

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

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SECTION C
HOUSING
Details of new housing accommodation completed in the Borough during 1954
are as follows:-
Poplar Borough Council 243 dwellings
London County Council-
Coventry Cross Estate 53 dwellings
Devons Estate 23 dwellings

Table: The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1954, was as follows:-

The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1954, was as follows:-

Type of dwellingNo. of Lettings
Pre-war Council houses and flats1,072
Post-war Council houses and flats953
Temporary bungalows530
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas26
1,219
37
TOTAL PROPERTIES3,837