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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The estimated population to the middle of 1915 is calculated as follows :—
| Census— Population, 1911. | Unoccupied Houses at Census, 1911. | Unoccupied Houses, May, 1915. | New Houses from April, 1911, to June, 1915. | Additional Houses Occupied June, 1915. | Persons to a House. | Estimated Increase in Population, Census to June, 1915. | Addition Estimated on National Register. | Estimated Population to June, 1915. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich | 36,710 | 432 | 53 | 26 Subs tract 119 houses demolished since Census 1911. | 286 | 6.38 | 1,825 | 520 | 39,055 | |
| Flumstoad | West | 40,328 | 362 | 6 | 69 | 425 | 5.19 | 2,206 | 590 | 43,124 |
| East | 30,888 | 235 | 7 | 315 | 543 | 5.4 | 2,678 | 455 | 34,233 | |
| Eltham | 13,450 | 204 | 40 | 802 | 966 | 4.77 | 4,720 | 246 | 18,416 | |
| 121,376 | 1,233 | 106 | 1,212 -119 | 2,220 | - | 11,429 | | 1,811 | 134,828 | ||
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In East Plumstead 106 new houses and huts are calculated at 5 0 persons to a house, and in Eltham 490
new Government houses at the same rate.
Note.—The number of persons to a house is that found at the Census, with the exception of Woolwich
parish, for which the number in Dockyard and River Wards has been taken, omitting the Barracks.