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Poplar 1962

[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 1962 are as follows

Poplar Borough Council56 dwellings
London County Council690 dwellings
Private7 dwellings

The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1962, was as follows :-

Type of dwellingNo. of Let tings
Pre-war Council houses and flats1,058
Post-war Council houses and flats1,692
Temporary bungalows330
Old properties in Compulsory Purchase Areas122
Acquired properties153
Other properties6
TOTAL PROPERTIES3,361

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