Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1908
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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 „ | |
3851.7 „ |
Density of Population—
East Greenwich | 34.43 persons per acre. | |
West Greenwich | 89.73 „ | |
St. Nicholas | 74.45 „ | |
Charlton and Kidbrooke | 12.10 „ | |
Average for the Borough | 28.33 „ |
Number of Inhabited Houses—
At Census, 1901 | 14,240 | |
Population— | ||
At Census, 1901 | 95,770 | |
Estimated, 1908 | 109,110 | |
Birth Rate, 1908 | 23.36 per 1,000 | |
Death Rate, 1908 | 12.42 „ | |
,, (Zymotic) | 1.16 „ | |
,, (Infantile Mortality) | 120 per 1,000 Births. |