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Plumstead 1896
Third annual report 1896-7
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METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACTS.
PLUMSTEAD VESTRY.
SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
For the Year ended 25th March, 1897.
Gentlemen,
1. I beg to submit for your information my third Annual
Report on the works as carried out, and the general management
of the Works Department for the year ended 25th March,
1897.
2. The work of the office is still very heavy, as, I doubt
not, will be understood by a perusal of the particulars hereafter
given.
3. Area and Population.—The area of the parish as shown
by the Ordnance Survey is 3388.396 acres, which includes
21.38 acres of water.
The population on 5th April, 1891, was 52,433. The census
taken for the purpose of the Equalization of Rates Act gives a
population of 59,252. The number of houses is 9993. The
length of roads is about 60 miles