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Woolwich 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Twenty-ninth Annual Report
on the
HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH
OF WOOLWICH
Year ending 31st December, 1929.
SECTION I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
TABLE No. 1.
| Area (acres) | 8,282 |
| Population, 1929:— | |
| Total (including military) | 146,800 |
| Civilians | 141,600 |
| Population, Census 1921:— | |
| Total (including military) | 140,389 |
| Civilians | 136,307 |
| Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 | 26,048 |
| Number of Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921 | 33,647 |
| Rateable Value (October, 1929) | £1,096,003 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate (October, 1929) | £4,566 |