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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
Erith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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The following table is taken from Vol. VI of the Census Returns for 1911, and shows the number of buildings in the District, kind of building, and the number of inhabitants:—
| 1901. | 1911. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings used as Dwellings. | Vessels, Vagrants, Sheds, &c. | Separate Flats included in Col, 5. | Buildings not used as Dwellings. | ||||||||||
| Total. (cols. 4-11) | Ordinary Dwelling Houses. | Blocks of Flats. | Shops. | Hotels. Inns & Public Houses | Offices, workps fact'r's &c. | Institutions. | Others. | Kind of Building | No. | ||||
| Col. 1. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Number inhabited | 4,291 | 5.129 | 4,654 | 46 | 357 | 38 | 8 | 10 | 16 | — | 102 | Places of Worship Govt. & Municipal | 18 |
| Separate Occupiers | 5,135 | 5,897 | 5,275 | 115 | 382 | 38 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 53 | 115 | Buildings | 3 |
| Shops | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Population | 25,296 | 27,750 | 24,538 | 582 | 1671 | 210 | 35 | 417 | 44 | 253 | 582 | Offices | 6 |
| Uninhabited | 96 | 507 | 447 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | Warehouses, Workshops & Factories | 26 |
| Being built | 158 | 15 | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Theatres, and other places of amusement | 2 |