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Woolwich 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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8
Twenty-second Annual Report
ON THE
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1922.
SECTION I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 8,282
Population, 1921 140,389
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 26,048
Number of Families or separate occupiers, 1921 33,647
Rateable Value, October, 1922 £945,032
Sum represented by a penny rate, October, 1922 £3,938
Population. The population of the Borough at the time
of the Census, 1921, excluding non-civilians, was 136,307.
For 1922, the population adopted by the Registrar General
for calculating the death and birth rates is as follows:—
For the death rate 138,254.
For the birth rate 142,350.
It is necessary to sub-divide these figures into populations
for the various registration districts, and I estimate these to
be as follows (excluding non-civilians):—