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Woolwich 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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The populations of the Wards are estimated by the number of occupied houses in each Ward.

Wards.Dockyard.St. Mary's.River Ward.St. George's.Burrage.Glyndon.Herbert.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Eltham.
North.South.
Population8,71210,4392,99111,4058,0789,8379,8109,0809,84210,11819,6407,226
No. of Inhabited Houses1,3251,1264411,6718781,7351,6971,6121,6381,8052,8051,353
Persons to a House6.579.276.786.839.205.675.785.636.005.617.005.34
New Houses—
April to June, 1901--4---8126178580
June, 1901, to June, 1902--71---8792657455407
,, 1902, to ,, 190312-33---9401537239250
,, 1903, to „ 19044-8914-8-30947185151
,, 1904, to ,, 19055182-2-3310212170139
,, 1905, to „ 19061114-9---3669215099
„ 1906,to „ 190721556---273679183
„ 1907,to „ 19088†43125117132915253
Total Houses1,386*1,206*6571,705*8791,7461,7291,8822,4471,8554,2322,615
Estimated Populations7,8009,7883,90110,1887,3149,1849,1069,44413,1739,50025,00013,200
*In Dockyard, St. Mary's and River (South) Wards the number of new houses is probably less than the number of old bouses which have been demolished. †40 flats in Army Quarters, Artillery Place.