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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
General Statistics
Elevation.—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet
above sea level.
Abba of the Bobough and Disteicts—
East Greenwich 1,300 aores
West Greenwich 453 „
St. Nicholas, Deptford 115 „
Charlton & Kidbrooke 1,990 „
3,858 aores
Population—
At Census, 1951 89,846
Estimated, 1956 (mid-year) 88,780
Density of Population (persons per acre) 23.0
Numbee of Inhabited Dwellings—end 1956 23,759
(according to Rate Books)
Structurally separate dwellings at Census, 1951 21,348
Numbeb of Uninhabited Dwellings—
At Census, 1951 364
At end 1956 136
Numbeb of Families ob Sep abate Ocoupiebs—
At Census, 1951 26,397
Rateable Value, 1956 £1,402,911
Sum Rbpbesented by a Id. Rate, 1956 £5,755