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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OP WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1902.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Woolwich.
Me. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting you with my
Second Annual Report on the health of the Borough.
Part 1.—Statistics.
1. Population. -I estimate the population to the middle of
1902 to be 122,505. This is more than the population estimated
on the supposition of an increase since the census proportional
to that between the two last censuses (120,020), but less than
the population calculated according to the increase of inhabited
houses (126,597). This population—122,505, is obtained by
estimating a proportional increase for Woolwich and Plumstead
Parishes, and an increase for Eltham, according to the number
of new houses certified to have a proper supply of water (520),
this number being multiplied by the number of persons to a
house in Eltham found at the census (5.34).
The population of each ward (see Table II.) is estimated in
the same manner as that of Eltham, according to the number
of new houses; the sum of these (126,597) is in excess of the
figure taken for the Borough.
321 new houses were certified for water between the census
(April 1st, 1901) and June 30th, 1901, and 1,292 between
June 30th, 1901, and June 30th, 1902.
2. The estimated increase of the population during the
year, is 4,886. The natural increase or excess of births over
deaths was 1,892.
3. The following table gives for each ward the population
and number of inhabited bouses found at the census together
with the number of persons to a house, and the number of