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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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give a different total to that estimated for the Borough.
| Wards. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Glyndon. | Herbert. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Eltham. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | South. | |||||||||||
| Population | 8,712 | 10,439 | 2,991 | 11,405 | 8,078 | 9,837 | 9,810 | 9,080 | 9,842 | 10,118 | 19,640 | 7,226 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 1,325 | 1,126 | 441 | 1,671 | 878 | 1,735 | 1,697 | 1,612 | 1,638 | 1,805 | 2,805 | 1,353 |
| Persons to a House | 6.57 | 9.27 | 6.78 | 6.83 | 9.20 | 5.67 | 5.78 | 5.63 | 6.00 | 5.61 | 7.00 | 5.34 |
| New Houses— April to June, 1901 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | 12 | 61 | 7 | 85 | 80 |
| June, 1901, to June, 1902 | — | — | 71 | — | - | — | 8 | 79 | 265 | 7 | 455 | 407 |
| June, 1902, to June, 1903 | 12 | — | 33 | — | - | — | 9 | 40 | 153 | 7 | 239 | 250 |
| June, 1903, to June, 1904 | 4 | — | 89 | 14 | — | 8 | — | 30 | 94 | 7 | 185 | 151 |
| June, 1904, to June, 1905 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 2 | — | 33 | 102 | 12 | 170 | 139 |
| June, 1905, to June, 1900 | 11 | 14 | — | 9 | - | — | — | 36 | 69 | 2 | 150 | 99 |
| Juue, 1906, to June, 1907 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | 27 | 36 | 7 | 91 | 83 |
| Total Houses | 1,378* | 1,163* | 645 | 1,700* | 878 | 1,745 | 1,722 | 1,869 | 2,418 | 1,854 | 4,180 | 2,562 |
| Estimated Populations | 7,800 | 9,788 | 3,841 | 10,360 | 8,078 | 9,726 | 9,609 | 10,182 | 13,173 | 10,100 | 22,775 | 12,745 |
* In Dockyard, St. Mary's and River South Wards the number of new houses is probably less than
the number of old houses which have been demolished.
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