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2. The population of soldiers in Barracks on July 15th
was 8,695.
The Registrar-General estimates the civil population to the
middle of the year at 129,505, making the total population
138,200.
The death returns include a considerable number of
combatants, and the total population, including Army and
Navy, has therefore been used as more satisfactory for comparing
the health of the Borough in 1915 with previous years.
For comparing Woolwich and other Boroughs the RegistrarGeneral's
figures must be used.
Though the population has rapidly increased since July, it
was probably nearer 134,828 at that date than the figure
taken by the Registrar-General, and the lower estimate is
used in the succeeding birth and death rates.
In the Annual Report for 1913, on pages 15 to 19, tables
were given showing the age distribution and condition as to
marriage of the population, the proportion of males and
females compared with London and England, and the classification
of buildings, and in the Report for 1914 the number
to a house in each Ward.