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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 1961

[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 Borough during 1961
are as follows
Poplar Borough Council 18 dwellings
London County Council 657 dwellings

Table: The numberof families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1961, was as follows

The numberof families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1961, was as follows

Type of dwellingNo. of Lettings
Pre-war Council houses and flats1,058
Post-war Council houses and flats1,624
Temporary bungalows354
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas87
Acquired properties157
Other properties7
TOTAL PROPERTIES3,287