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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

Woolwich 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: The following table gives for each ward the population and number of inhabited houses at the Census, the number of persons to a house, the number of new houses certified for water certificates, and the present estimated population.

The following table gives for each ward the population and number of inhabited houses at the Census, the number of persons to a house, the number of new houses certified for water certificates, and the present estimated population.

Wards.Dockyard.St. Mary's.RiverSt. George's.Burrage.Herbert.St. Margaret's.Central.Glyndon.St. Nicholas.Eltham.
North.South.
Population8,71210,4392,99111,4058,0789,8379,0809,84210,1189,81019,6407,226
No. of Inhabited Houses1,3251,1264411,6718781,7351,6121,6381,8051,6972,8051,353
Persons to a House6.579.276.786.839.205.675.636.005.615.787.005.34
New Houses—
April to June, 1901--4———1261788580
June, 1901, to June, 1902--71---7926578455407
June, 1902, to June, 190312-33---4015379239250
June, 1903, to June, 19044-8914-830947-185151
Total Houses1,3411,1266381,6858781,7431,7732,2111,8331,7223,7692,241
Populations8,712*9,7883,99111,4058,0789,7269,89312,33710,2289,60921,03111,153
* Deduction made re 101 houses demolished in Artillery Place, &c.