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10
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.P.T.B. 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 Register General has
submitted his estimate of the resident population of the Borough
computed at mid year, 1935. The figure returned is 96,600, which
shows a decrease of 650 persons since last year. Despite the
development of the Kidbrooke District the influx to this area is
apparently more than counterbalanced by the movement of
population to other districts caused through the demolition of
houses under Clearance Schemes in the St. Nicholas, Deptford and
West Greenwich districts.
The following is the local distribution:—
Estimated Population at
Mid Year, 1935
East Greenwich
39,910
West Greenwich
23,899
St. Nicholas, Deptford
6,293
Charlton and Kidbrooke
26,498
96,600