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Woolwich 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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West Plumstead includes the Burrage, Herbert, Glyndon,
and St. Margaret's Wards, and East Plumstead the Central
and St. Nicholas Wards.

Table: 2. The following table gives the population, number of houses, and persons to a house, of each Ward as found at the Censuses of 1901 and 1911: —

2. The following table gives the population, number of houses, and persons to a house, of each Ward as found at the Censuses of 1901 and 1911: —

Wards.Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Persons to a House.Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Persons to a House.
Dockyard871213256.57719912115.94
St. Mary's783311269.27666610036.64
River- North29914416.7844095857.54
„ —South1140516716.83935316565.65
St. George's106848789.20908386010.56
Burrage983717355.67888716885.26
Glyndon981016975.78950117695.37
Herbert908016125.63878017395.05
St. Margaret's984216386.001316025785.10
Central1011818055.61908318314.96
St. Nicholas1964028057.002180537295.84
Eltham722613535.341345028144.77

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The Census shows that in recent years too high a population
has been estimated, and the birth and death rates
given for those years were consequently somewhat too low.
Probably the population estimated ms not far from the mark
up till 1905. For the years 1906-10 an average population
of the Wards and Parishes has been taken, based on the
recent Census and the estimated population in 1905, viz.:—
Woolwich Borough 123,644
Woolwich Parish 38,395
Plumstead Parish 72,714
Eltham Parish 12,535