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Note.—The number of persons to a house is that found
at the Census, with the exception of Woolwich Parish.
In the case of Woolwich Parish, the number of persons
to a house as given at the Census is greatly increased by
the inclusion of such buildings as "Barracks, Academy,
etc. I have consequently only taken 6.38 as the number
of persons to a house for the additional houses occupied
since the Census; this is the number to a house in
Dockyard and River Wards.
West Plumstead includes the Burrage, Herbert, Glyndon
and St. Margaret's Wards, and East Plumstead the Central
and St. Nicholas Wards.
The Registrar-General estimates the population as 122,431
on the assumption of a uniform increase proportional to
that between the two last Censuses. There can be no doubt
that the above estimate, which takes into account the number
of occupied houses, is nearer the truth. The population at
the end of the year was certainly much in excess of this—
probably not far short of 140,000—but a large number consisted
of a floating population of soldiers, whose presence
would not greatly affect the death rates.
The following figures show how the number of persons
to a house in Plumstead has varied during the past four
Censuses: —
Census 1891—6.08 persons to a house.
„ 1896—6.14 ditto
„ 1901—6.05 ditto
„ 1911—5.34 ditto