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Woolwich 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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3. At the Census there were 234 unoccupied houses in the
Borough, viz., 46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and 102 in
Eltham.
The following return of empty houses in the Borough, as per Bate Collectors' returns, has been kindly supplied me by the Clerk of the Bating Committee:—
| Woolwich Pakish— | ||
| Dockyard Ward | 112 | |
| St. Mary's Ward | 65 | |
| Biver Ward (North) | 68 | |
| Biver Ward (South) | 158 | |
| St. George's Ward | 83 | 486 |
| Plumstead Pakish— | ||
| Burrage Ward | 71 | |
| Herbert Ward | 130 | |
| Glyndon Ward | 70 | |
| St. Margaret's Ward | 100 | |
| Central Ward | 60 | |
| St. Nicholas's Ward | 140 | |
| — | 571 | |
| Eltham Pabish | 97 | |
| Total | 1154 | |
Thus the number of empty houses has increased tenfold in
Woolwich Parish and six times in Plumstead, but has
diminished in Eltham.
4. 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 populations of the Wards are estimated by the number of
occupied houses in each Ward.