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Woolwich 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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12
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1908.
PART I.
Statistics.
1. Population.—The population of the Borough of Woolwich,
as estimated by the Registrar General, to the middle of
1908, on the supposition of a continuous increase since the
Census proportional to the increase between the two last
Censuses, is 131,346.
As estimated on the number of houses, and presuming the
same number to a house as at the Census, it is 146,966.
The estimate, which has been made for the purpose of the
following statistics, is as follows:—
Woolwich Parish 38,991
Plumstead Parish 75,457
Eltham Parish 13,200
127,648