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Poplar 1956
[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 1956
are as follows:-
Poplar Borough Council 262 dwellings
London County Council
Devons Estate 96 dwellings
The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough
Council at 31st December, 1956, was as follows:-
Type of dwelling No. of Lettings
Pre-war Council houses and flats 1,066
Post-war Council houses and flats 1,416
Temporary bungalows 517
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas 22
Requisitioned Properties 814
Temporary hutments 3
TOTAL PROPEPTIES 3,838