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SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich comprises three
districts, viz., Greenwich, Charlton and Kidbrooke, and St. Nicholas,
Deptford, all of which are now united into one civil parish.
The altitude varies from a few feet below high-water mark on
the marshes, up to 249 feet above sea level on the Shooter's Hill
Road by the Borough boundary.
The industries and sources of employment in the Borough are
to be found in close proximity to the River Thames which forms
the Borough boundary on the north side. Chief among these are
large Cable and Engineering Works, Gasworks, Soap and Candle
Works, L.C.C. Generating Station and Tramway Car Repair Depot,
The London Power Company's Works, Glass Bottle Works, Linoleum
Manufacturing Works, Merryweathers' Works (Fire Engines), Cement
and Stone Works, Asbestos Works, etc.
POPULATION.
In accordance with the usual custom, the Registrar General has
submitted his estimate of the resident population of the Borough
computed at mid year, 1934. The figure returned is 97,250, which
shows a decrease of 580 persons since last year.