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been adopted this year and populations of the registration
districts of the Borough have been calculated. It has been
necessary in these calculations to make allowance for transfers
which have taken place under the Council's housing scheme
from Woolwich and Plumstead to Eltham, and figures are
available to shew that nearly 4,000 persons have moved
from these districts to the Council's housing estate. Internal
movement of the population in the Borough can also be
traced by a study of the Council's operations under the
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts. Here we can see movement
not only to Eltham but also towards East Plumstead
and away from Woolwich and West Plumstead, and in the
population calculations this movement also has been taken
into account. Due weight has also been given to the natural
increase in each of the registration districts and to the location
of new houses. I am of opinion that since the last Census
there has been a slight increase in the population of Woolwich
and West Plumstead, but that a considerable increase has
taken place in East Plumstead, and a much greater increase
in Eltham, but, for the reasons stated above, the calculations
only shew increases in East Plumstead and in Eltham. The
estimated figures for the districts are as follows:—

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