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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: TABLE II.—Acreage, Population, Density, Private Households and Dwellings by Wards

TABLE II.—Acreage, Population, Density, Private Households and Dwellings by Wards

Administrative AreaAcreage (Land and Inland Water)PopulationPrivate Households and Dwellings, 1951
19311951Private HouseholdsPopulation in Private House-holdsStructurally Separate Dwellings OccupiedRooms OccupiedDensity of Occupation
PersonsPersonsMalesFemalesPersons per AcrePersons per RoomPercentage of Persons at more than 2 per room
19311951
Civil Parish :—
Borough of Greenwich3,858100,92489,84643,79146,05523.325,14426,39785,18421,348103,3290.821.9
Wards :—
Charlton63618,59515,4437,5467,89724.3J 6,58814,74315,2273,61218,6890.811.7
Kidbrooke1,3549,09225,00112,42312,57818.56,33222,9005,80826,6420.861.2
Marsh58215,3049,8144,7565,05816.93,6232,9309,0362,16511,1160.811.9
North17012,4577,2983,6293,66942.93,3002,3037,2171,9818,7450.832.3
North West1148,7044,7652,3992,36641.81,7391,2904,4451,2134,4471.003.7
South2177,6774,9842,3622,62223.02,0981,6594,9081,2286,4420.761.7
South East54813,93613,8196,3807,43925.23,8094,48313,2933,30718,2340.730.8
West1228,5865,3782,5612,81744.12,4151,6895,0251,2096,0300.832.3
St. Nicholas Deptford1156,5733,3441,7351,60929.11,5729683,1338252,9841.055.8