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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.
Considerable alteration has taken place during the post-war
years by the demolition of 'bombed' property and the utilising of
site3 for the erection of modern houses and blocks of flats.
Little now remains to be added to the Brooke and Evelyn
estates for the London County Council Housing Scheme to be completed
in the Kidbrooke area. This district, which pre-war had
always been described as the rural area of the Borough, is almost
entirely built over.
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 1949 to be 87,680, and it is upon
these figures the statistics in this report have been based.
This shows that the population has increased by 3,270 since
last year, and by no less than 23,880 since 1945.