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Woolwich 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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3. The following table shows the number of new houses certified for water each year since the Census of 1911:—
| New houses, April 1st to June 30th, 1911 | 34 | ||
| do. July 1st, 1911, to June 30th, 1912 | 93 | ||
| do. July 1st, 1912, to June 30th, 1913 | 141 | ||
| New houses, 1912-13:— | |||
| Woolwich | 14 | ||
| West Plumstead | 9 | ||
| East Plumstead | 63 | ||
| Eltham | 55 | ||
4. At the 1901 Census there were 234 unoccupied houses
in the Borough, viz., 46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and
102 in Eltham.
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.
In May, 1913, the Bate Collectors found 468 houses empty,
viz., 152 in Woolwich, 119 in West Plumstead, 111 in East
Plumstead, and 86 in Eltham. The empty houses have still
further filled up since that date, and at the present time
(January) persons seeking a house have very considerable
difficulty in finding one.
BIRTHS.
5. The number of births was 2,876, viz., 1,029 in
Woolwich parish, 831 in West Plumstead, 773 in Bast
Plumstead, and 243 in Eltham (corrected for children born
in the Infirmary, the Female Hospital, and the Wood Street
Home for Mothers and Babies, whose parents reside outside