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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 1927
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927
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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, 1927 103,700
Density of Population-
East Greenwich 34.46 persons per acre
West Greenwich 59.85 „
St. Nicholas, Deptford 67.82 ,,
Charlton and Kidbrooke 12.04 ,,
Average for the Borough ... 26-87 persons per acre
Number of Inhabited Houses—
Structurally separate dwellings at Census, 1921 16,526
1927 17,987
Number of Uninhabited Houses—
At Census, 1921 288
Estimated, 1927 110
Number of Families or Separate Occupiers—
At Census, 1921 22,972
Rateable Value £882,636
Sum Represented by a Id. Rate £3,626