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Erith 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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to the scheme when it is realised that some 1,024,000 persons
are resident within some 10 municipal authorities which are
served direct by this branch of the Southern Railway.
An analysis of the quotation on population is as follows : —
| City of Westminster | 130,000 |
| South war k | 145,000 |
| Bermondsey | 99,000 |
| Deptford | 70,000 |
| Greenwich | 100,000 |
| Lewisham | 229,000 |
| Woolwich | 146,000 |
| Erith | 40,000 |
| Crayford | 25,000 |
| Dartford | 40,000 |
| 1,024,000 |
Should a portion of the Belvedere Marshes be suitably
adapted on the lines which I have indicated, it may well be
that one of London's playgrounds would eventually be situated
within Erith's Administrative Boundary.
REGINALD LEADER,
Medical Officer of Health.