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Woolwich 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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populations of the wards are estimated by the number of occupied houses in each ward.

Wards.DockyardSt. Mary'sRiver Ward.St. George'sBurrageGlyndonHerbertSt. Margaret'sCentralSt. Nicholas'sEltham
NorthSouth
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, 190148126178580
June, 1901, to June, 1902718792657455407
„ 1902, to „ 190312339401537239250
„ 1903, to „ 1904489148-30947185151
,, 1904, to ,, 190551822_3310212170139
„ 1905,to „ 1906111493669215099
„ 1906, to „ 190721556273679183
„ 1907, to „ 19088†43125117132915253
„ 1908, to „ 1909712234202179
Total Houses1,393*1,207*6791,708*8791,746 1,7291,88624671,85542532694
Estimated Populations7,8009,7883,39610,1887,3149,1849,1069,44413,1739,50025,00013,595

*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.
†40 flats in Army Quarters, Artillery Place.