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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 1926
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1926
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SECTION 1.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
General Statistics.
Elevation—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet
above sea level.
Area of the Borough and Districts—
East Greenwich 1,300 acres
West Greenwich 453 „
St. Nicholas, Deptford 115 „
Charlton and Kidbrooke 1,991 ,,
3,859 acres
Population—
At Census, 1921 100,450
Estimated, 1926 104,050
Density of Population—
East Greenwich 34.57 persons per acre
West Greenwich 60.05 „
St. Nicholas, Deptford 68.03 ,,
Charlton and Kidbrooke 12.08 „
Average for the Borough 26.96 persons per acre
Number of Inhabited Houses—
Structurally separate dwellings at Census, 1921 16,526
„ „ „ 1926 17,837
Number of Uninhabited Houses—
At Census, 1921 288
Estimated, 1926 123