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Borough. To these must now be added the L.C.C. Play Centre and
Lido with its well-equipped swimming bath.
The part situated near the River Thames is, generally speaking,
an industrial area and is more densely populated than the upper
parts of the Borough.
Considerable activity and much good work has been accomplished
during the year towards restoring and repairing bomb
damaged sites and the planning of new estates.
Reference to the Section of the Report devoted to Housing
gives particulars of the types and number of houses erected during
the year.
The majority of 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, Ship Repairing 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, Rope Works, Ship Propelling Works, Merryweathers'
Works (Fire Engines), Cement and Stone Works, Asbestos
Works, Cold Meat Storage, Pressed Tool Works, Constructional
Engineering Works, Galvanising and Sheet Metal Works, Brewery,
Flour Mills, Aero Parts, Wireless and Vehicle Parts and Tin Box
Manufacturing Works.
The numbers employed at 11 of the larger factories range
between 500 and 5,000 each, whilst 17 smaller works each employ
between 100 and 400.
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General has estimated the civilian population for
Greenwich at mid-year 1946 as 76,840. This shows an increase of
13,040 over the previous year, and it is upon these figures the
statistics in this report have been based.