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Woolwich 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH.
Year ending 31st December, 1906.
PART I.
statistics.
1. Population.—The population of the Borough to the middle
of 1906 has been estimated on the supposition that the increase
since 1901 has been proportional to that between the last two
decennial censuses, thus giving 127,345. Dividing this number
by the number of occupied houses, 21,833, we get 5'83 persons
per house. The number of persons per house at the census was
6'47. It has been supposed that the number per house in each
parish has diminished proportionally to that in the Borough.
We thus get the following figures for the three parishes:—
Woolwich Parish 39993
Plumstead Parish 75267
Eltham Parish 12085
127345