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Most of the new houses certified in 1912 were in Eltham
Parish.
4. At the 1911 Census there were 1,296 unoccupied houses
in the Borough, viz.: 450 in Woolwich, 387 in West Plumstead,
250 in East Plumstead, and 209 in Eltham.
At the 1901 Census there were 234 in the Borough, viz. :
46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and 102 in Eltham.
In July, 1912, the Rate Collectors found 826 houses empty
in the Borough, viz.: 326 in Woolwich, 217 in West Plumstead,
174 in East Plumstead, and 109 in Eltham. In April,
1911, the Rate Collectors found 390 houses empty in Woolwich,
340 in West Plumstead, 240 in East Plumstead, and
130 in Eltham.
BIRTHS.
5. The number of births was 2,747, viz.: 918 in Woolwich
Parish, 894 in West Plumstead, 668 in East Plumstead, and
267 in Kitham (corrected for children born in the Infirmary,
the Female Hospital and the Wood Street Home for Mothers
and Babies, whose parents reside outside the Borough, and
11 births in outlying institutions added on); and the birth
rate 22.3, compared with 23.2 in the previous year, and with
26.6, the average for the ten years 1902.11. The rate for
the County of London was 24.7.
The birth-rate continues to fall, but is still nearly double
the death-rate. As long as this ratio is maintained there need
be no anxiety as to the increase of the population.