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Woolwich 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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the Borough, viz., 46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and
102 in Eltham.

Table: The following return of empty houses in the Borough in April, 1910, has been kindly supplied me by the Clerk to the Rating Committee :—

The following return of empty houses in the Borough in April, 1910, has been kindly supplied me by the Clerk to the Rating Committee :—

Woolwich Parish—
Dockyard Ward98
St. Mary's Ward65
River Ward186
St. George's Ward71
-420
Plumstead Parish—
Burrage Ward62
Herbert Ward80
Glyndon Ward53
St. Margaret's Ward162
Central Ward41
St. Nicholas Ward210
-628
Eltham Parish140
Total1188

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Thus the number of empty houses has increased pine
times in Woolwich Parish, and seven times in Plumstead,
but has changed little 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.