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Woolwich 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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11
Fifteenth Annual Report
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 3 J st December, 1915.
PART I.
STATISTICS.
Population.
1. The population of the Borough of Woolwich, as
estimated at the Census of 1911, was 121,376. The estimated
population to the middle of 1915 is 134,828.

Table: The population of the four Registration Districts at the last three Censuses was as follows:—

The population of the four Registration Districts at the last three Censuses was as follows:—

Census, 1891.Census, 1901.Census, 1911.Estimated to Middle of 1915.
Woolwich Parish40,84841,62536,71039,055
Plumstead Parish West52,43638,56940,32843,124
East29,75830,88834,233
Eltham Parish5,71017,22613,45018,416
98,994117,178121,376134,828

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This population is estimated on the number of houses
occupied in each Registration District, and the estimate has
been checked by the result of the census taken for the National
Register in August last.
The population of the Borough has been rapidly increasing
since the war began.