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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.
L.C.C. Housing Estates in the Borough, comprising the Brook
and Evelyn Estates, are now largely completed and occupied,
whilst work on the Council's Cherry Orchard Estate has continued
at a rapid rate.
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.T.E. Generating
Station and Tramway Car Repair Depot, The British Electricity
Authority's Works, Glass Bottle Works, Rope Works, Ship Propelling
Works, Merryweather's 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 1948 as 84,410, and it is
upon these figures the statistics in this report have been based.
This shows that the population has increased by 2,180 since
last year, and by no less than 20,610 since 1945.