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Erith 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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STATISTICS
GENERAL
Area (i) Including River:- 4,607 acres.
Area (ii) excluding River:- 3,859 acres.
Population figure supplied by Registrar General:-
Estimated mid-year Home Population- 45,970.
Density of population, i.e. No. of persons per acre
(Based on (ii) above):- 11.95.
No. of inhabited houses at 31st December, 1964.
(Excluding houses with shops and houses with Public
Houses assessed as single hereditaments):- 14,045#
Rateable value at 31st December, 1964:- £2,688,717
Sum produced by a penny rate, 1964
(Product for 1964/65):- £12,000.
Rate in the £ at 31st December, 1964:- 9/3d.