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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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

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

Wards.DockyardSt Mary'sRiverSt. 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 House6.579.276.786.839205.675.785.636005.617005.34
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 ,, 1908843125117132915253
„ 1908, to „ 190971223———420—2179
,, 1909, to ,, 191011191—322——787
Total Houses1,394*1,208*6S81,709*8791,7491,7311,8882,4671,8554,2602,781
Estimated Populations7,8009,7883,39610,1887,3149,1849,1069,44413,1739,50025,00014,050

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*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.