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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 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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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 31.84 persons per acre.
West Greenwich 76.80 ,,
St. Nicholas 65.00 „
Charlton and Kidbrooke 9.86 ,,
Average for the Borough 24.92 ,,
Number of Inhabited Houses—
At Census, 1901 14,240
At Census, 1911 14,722
Estimated, 1913 16,062
Number of Uninhabited Houses—
At Census, 1911 803
Population—
At Census, 1911 95,968
Estimated, 1913 96,015
Birth Rate, 1913 26.09 per 1,000
Death Rate, 1913 1431 „
,, (Zymotic) 1.44 ,,
,, (Infantile Mortality) 103 per 1,000 Births.