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13
Twenty-fifth Annual Report
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH,
Year ending 31st December, 1925.
SECTION I.—NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area. The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich includes
the three Civil Parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham.
The area of the Borough, including land and enclosed water,
is 8,282 statute acres. The area of Woolwich Parish is 1,135
acres, Plumstead Parish 3,387 acres, and Eltham Parish
3,760 acres. In addition to this the area covered by the
Thames amounts to approximately 645 acres.
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; the civilian populations of the
parishes being respectively—Woolwich, 32,097 ; Plumstead,
75,902, and Eltham, 28,308. In 1925 the civilian population
was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 140,740, and
the total population, 145,440. The figures of the RegistrarGeneral
are based on the adjusted 1921 Census figures, but
allowance has been made for the varying rate of natural
increase as evidenced by the births and deaths and for migration
as indicated from other sources. My own estimate of
the civil population of the Borough is 141,690, but, in view of
the necessity for presenting comparable statistics from year