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Woolwich 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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12
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1909.
PART I.
Statistics.
1. Population. The population of the Borough of Woolwich,
as estimated by the Registrar-General, to the middle of 1909,
on the supposition of a continuous increase since the Census
proportional to the increase between the two last Censuses, is
133,374.
As estimated on the number of occupied houses, and presuming
the same number to a house as at the Census, it is
139,726.
The estimate, which has been made for the purpose of the
following statistics, is as follows:—
Woolwich Parish 38,991
Plumstead Parish(East) 34,500
Do. (West) 40,907
Eltham Parish 13,595
Borough 127,993