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Woolwich 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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12
TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1910.
PART I.
Statistics.
1. Population. The population of the Borough of
Woolwich, as estimated by the Registrar-General, to the
middle of 1910, on the supposition of a continuous increase
since the Census proportional to the increase between the
two last Censuses, is 135,422.
As estimated on the number of occupied houses, and presuming
the same number to a house as at the Census, it is
141,110.
The estimate, which has been made for the purpose of the
following statistics, is as follows :—
Woolwich Parish 38,991
Plumstead Parish (West) 40,907
do. (East) 34,500
Eltham Parish 14,050
Borough 128,448