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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, PLUMSTEAD,
YEAR, JAN.-DEC., 1894.
To the Plumstead Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my fourth annual
report on the health of Plumstead, embracing the year 1894.
A.— Vital Statistics.
Population.
1. If the population had increased since the census at the
same rate as bet ween 1881 and 1891, it would have been nearly
61,000 in the middle of last year. There are good reasons for
thinking, however, that the increase has been less. Work has
been slack in the Arsenal in the past three years, there has
been much less building, and the birth-rate has diminished.
Accordingly I estimate the population of last year to be only
59,233, according to the method adopted in the office of the
Registrar General for statistical purposes.
2. For the purposes of the Equalization of Rates Bill, the
Registrar General has also calculated a population to April 6th,
1894, on the assumption that the number of persons to a house