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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.
Excellent progress has been maintained towards repairing and
restoring war-damaged houses, whilst the majority of the Civil
Defence shelters and many Emergency Water Tanks have been
demolished.
The development of the various Housing Estates has gone on
unceasingly during the year, and the Council's Cherry Orchard
Estate is now largely occupied, while the L.C.C. Housing Estates at
Kidbrooke are rapidly nearing completion.
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 1947 as 82,230, and it is upon
these figures the statistics in this report have been based.
This shows that the population has increased by 5,390 since
last year, and by no less than 18,430 since 1945.