Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Spanby Road
(7.889 acres) 367 dwellings and 284 ancillary buildings.
Approximate date ready for occupation March 1962. It is
anticipated that one block will be heated by oil firing
and that the remainder (12 blocks) will have open fires.
Tidey Street.
(10.161 acres) 436 dwellings and 335 ancillary buildings.
257 dwellings should be ready for occupation in March 1961
and 179 in March 1962. One block will be heated by oil
firing and the remaining blocks will have open fires.
Alton Street.
(13.76 acres) 598 dwellings and 141 ancillary buildings.
Approximate dates ready for occupation - 109 dwellings by
August, 1959, 154 by December, 1959, 112 by June, 1960
and 88 by November, 1960. Six blocks will have electric
floor heating, the remainder will have open fires.
Tetley Street
(10.698 acres) 355 dwellings and 176 ancillary buildings.
Approximate date of occupation - 130 dwellings in December,
1959, 116 in December, 1960, 22 in June, 1961 and 87 in
1962/3. All 16 blocks will have open fires.
Glaucus Street
(2.127 acres) 83 dwellings and 52 ancillary buildings.
Approximate dates ready for occupation - 45 dwellings
in August, 1959 and 38 by end of 1961. It is anticipated
that all blocks will have open fires.
Blackwall
Tunnel Area
(2.2 acres) will be an open space.
These areas are awaiting confirmation by the Minister.
Dock and River craft. Prom time to time nuisance is created by craft
in the river or in the docks and these cases are referred to the appropriate
Authority.
Atmospheric Pollution recording,
A recording apparatus for the measurement of deposited matter and sulphur
dioxide (by the lead peroxide method), is installed on the roof of the Town Hall
and details of the monthly results of recordings are shown in Table VII.
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