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Woolwich 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN 30 ROUGH OP WOOLWICH
Year ending 31st December 1917.
PART 1.
STATISTICS.
Population.
1. The population of the Borough of Woolwich, as estimated
at the Census of 1911, was 121,376. The estimated civil population
to the middle of 1917 is 146,503.

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 1891Census 1901Census 1911Estimated to middle of 1917
Woolwich Parish40,84841,62536,71033,605
Plumstead Parish West)52,436(38,56940,32843,098
East)(29,75830,88839,424
Eltham Parish5,7107,22613,45030,376
98,994117,178121,376146,503

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The estimated increase of the civil population from
June 1916 to July 1917 is 9,780.

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The following figures show how the number of persons to a house in Woolwich and Plurastead has varied during the past four Censuses:-