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Poplar 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936)°
Particulars of overcrowding and abatement of cases of overcrowding in the
Borough during the year are as follows:-
Number of cases reported during the year 18
Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year:-
Rehoused by London County Council l
Rehoused by Poplar Borough Council 21
Number of persons concerned in cases rehoused 121
Closing Orders (Public Health (London) Act, 1936)
Three Closing Orders were made under this Act during the year.
ClosingOrders (Housing Act, 1936).
Nine Closing Orders in respect of 17 underground rooms were made under
Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936, during 1955.
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