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Woolwich 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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9
Twenty-fourth Annual Report
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1924.
SECTION I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.

Table: TABLE No. 1.

TABLE No. 1.

Area(acres) 8,282
Population, 1924 :—
Total (including military)144,400
Civilians139,980
Number of Inhabited houses, 192126,048
Number of families or separate occupiers, 192133,647
Rateable value, October, 1924£974,865
Sum represented by a penny rate, October, 1924£4,061

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Population. In June, 1921, at the time of the census, there
were living in the Borough 140,389 persons, 136,307 of whom
were civilians. In 1924 the civilian population was estimated
by the Registrar General to be 139,980. Curiously enough,
this estimate shows a decrease of 20 in the population as
estimated by him in 1923. These figures of the Registrar