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Woolwich 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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11
Twenty-seventh Annual Report
on the
Health of the Metropolitan Borough
of Woolwich
Year ending 31st December, 1927.
TABLE No. 1.
| Area (acres) | 8,282 |
| Population, 1927:— | |
| Total (including military) | 144,770 |
| Civilians | 140,770 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 | 26,048 |
| Number of Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921 | 33,647 |
| Rateable Value (October, 1927) | £1,063,953 |
| Sum Represented by a Penny Rate (October, 1927) | £4,433 |
Social Conditions. Woolwich may be described as one
of the surburban working-class metropolitan boroughs. It
comprises the three Civil Parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead
and Eltham, and its area is 8,282 statute acres. In Woolwich
Parish there are 1,135 acres, in Plumstead 3,387, and in
Eltham 3,760 acres. The River Thames covers approximately