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outside the area and thereby have added to the borough's transport
difficulties but clearly many people have left the district altogether.
Fortunately for this borough, however, more than restitution
for past population losses will be made by the completion of two
Greater London Council schemes, namely, "Kidbrooke" and
"Thamesmead". That at Kidbrooke is to cater for some 7,000
persons by 1977 and at Thamesmead it is expected that by the
early 1980's accommodation will have been provided for 60,000
people. Formulated before the feasibility of a Thames Flood
Barrier had been evaluated, this latter project, internationally
acclaimed as the most imaginative scheme in Europe, was planned
long before there had been any hint of a significant moving of
industry away from the area, an event which could have serious
repercussions threatening the social structure and stability of the
emerging conurbation.
Natural Increase—The natural increase for the year, i.e. excess
of births over deaths, was 563 compared with the figure of 712
for the previous year.
Emigration!Immigration—Migration movements into and out of
England and Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1970, as
derived from the International Passenger Survey returns, amounted
to a net loss of 76,600 (excluding those regarding the Irish
Republic). Assessing all sources of migration and making necessary
adjustments to the I.P.S. totals concerning intended and actual
migration, there was a total net loss of 65,100 in the population of
the U.K.
Taking into account a recorded natural increase of 563, there
was a presumptive emigration from Greenwich of 2,123 persons
during the current year. It is estimated that some 10,643 people
have left the Borough since its inauguration in 1965.
Estimates based upon the 1961 Census indicated that at 1st
April, 1965, there were 7,947 residents (equivalent to 3.4% of the
Borough's total population) who were born outside the British
Isles, of whom almost 2/3rds were from the Commonwealth
countries, the Colonies or Protectorates. By the 1966 Census some
9,350 or 4.5% were registered as born overseas, an increase of
15% since the 1965 estimate, the proportion of these coming from
the Commonwealth, Colonies or Protectorates remained roughly
the same, i.e. 2/3rds.
Immigrant Schoolchildren—In the I.L.E.A. area, true immigrant
children (i.e. those born to parents whose countries of origin were
abroad but excluding those of mixed immigrant and non-immigrant
parentage and those children from Ireland) receiving full-time