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New houses, 1913.14:—
Woolwich 12
West Plumstead 31
East Plumstead 116
Eltham 95
4. Unoccupied houses. 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, viz., 450 in Woolwich, 387 in West
Plumstead, 250 in, East Plumstead, and 209 in Eltham.
In April, 1914, the Rate Collectors found 305 houses unoccupied,
viz., 131 in Woolwich, 80 in West Plumstead, 32
in. East Plumstead, and 62 in Eltham. The empty houses
have still further filled up since that date, and in Deoember,
1914, there were only 128 houses to let in the Borough
and most of these were shops and practically none were
suitable for industrial dwellings.
5. The number of births was 2,824, viz., 956 in Woolwich
parish, 879 in West Plumstead, 739 in East Plumstead, and
250 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 the Borough, and
births in outlying institutions added on). The birth.rate,
22.0, compares with 22.5 in the previous year, and with
25.1, the average for the ten years 1904.13. The rate for
the County of London was 24.6.
BIRTHS.
Of the 2,824 births, 59 were illegitimate.