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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
Greenwich 1903
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1903
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Statistical Summary.
Elevation.—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet
above sea level.
Area of the Borough and Districts—
East Greenwich
1451.4 acres.
West Greenwich
297.8 „
St. Nicholas
112.1 „
Charlton and Kidbrooke
1990.4 „
Borough
3851.7 „
Density of Population—
East Greenwich
30.7 persons per acre.
West Greenwich
80 3 „
St. Nicholas
65.9 „
Charlton and Kidbrooke
11.0 „
Average for the Borough
25.4
Number of Inhabited Houses—
At Census. 1901
14,240
Population—
At Census, 1901
95,770
Estimated 1903
99,824
Birth Rate, 1903
2715 per 1,000
Death Rate, 1903
13.23 „
„ (Zymotic)
1.69 „
„ (Infantile Mortality)
128 per 1,000 Births.