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people are drifting towards Woolwich from the centre of
London. It must be borne in mind that whatever system
the Registrar General adopts for calculating inter-censal
populations it must be more or less uniform for the whole
country, and cannot possibly deal with the abnormal growth
which has taken place in the population of Woolwich during
the past fifteen years. My own estimate of the population is
144,887. However, in estimating the population for the
various registration districts, I have taken the Registrar
General's figures, and have made use of such information as
is at my disposal with regard to internal migration within the
Borough. The estimated figures for the districts are as
follows:—

These figures have been used throughout the report in
calculating the rates in the Borough and the various registration
districts.