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Poplar 1955

[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 1955
are as follows: -
Poplar Borough Council 227 dwellings
London County Council -
Devons Estate 69 dwellings

Table: The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1955, was as follows:-

The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1955, was as follows:-

Type of dwellingNo. of Lettings
Pre-war Council houses and flats1,056
Post-war Council houses and flats1, 159
Temporary bungalows518
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas21
Requisitioned Properties1,120
Temporary hutments19
TOTAL PROPERTIES3,893

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