Closed records in 1939

[Phoenix]

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f0547%2f0547h%2f005&parentid=tna%2fr39%2f0547%2f0547h%2f005%2f39

I am looking for no 39. There are adults at the address:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1795/40020_189918-00638?pid=85859076&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DhQY8776%26_phstart%3DsuccessSourc e%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3Dfanny%26gsfn_x%3DN N%26gsln%3Dswerner%26gsln_x%3DNN%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3 D4%26catbucket%3Dr%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D9vh%26pcat% 3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D85859076%26recoff%3D7%25208% 26dbid%3D1795%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D4&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hQY8776&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

Can anyone think why virtually the whole street is inaccessible?

[kiterunner]

Phoenix, when I click on your FMP link, it says "This property was vacant in 1939".

[Joy Dean]

Phoenix, when I click on your FMP link, it says "This property was vacant in 1939".


Yes:

Household
Stepney, London, England

This property was vacant in 1939
If you unlock this record, you will be able to see the original image showing neighbouring properties' occupants, plus Maps, Newspapers, Statistics & Photos, but note you will NOT see this property's Household Transcript, as there were no occupants living here in 1939.

[Phoenix]

43 is vacant, and so visible. But ALL the other entries above it on the page are closed. I cannot believe that they are all still alive today.

[Phoenix]

I have solved the mystery!

Foreign aliens - who may, of course, have been living in this country for decades, would already be registered with the local police, who kept tabs on their ages, addresses and occupations. There was no need for them also to appear on the 1939 register, but of course their children were another matter!

[Kit]

Well done on solving the mystery. :)