London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Table 2
| Ward. | Acreage. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons per Acre. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1931 | Increase or Decrease. | 1921 | 1931 | Increase or Decrease. | 1921 | 1931 | Increase or Decrease. | |||
| Dockyard | 139 | 7,646 | 7,093 | -553 | 3,843 | 3,474 | -369 | 3,803 | 3,619 | -184 | 51.0 |
| St. Mary's | 99 | 6,783 | 6,344 | -439 | 3,760 | 3,426 | -334 | 3,023 | 2,918 | -105 | 64.1 |
| River | 572 | 13,001 | 12,036 | -965 | 6,689 | 6,385 | -304 | 6,312 | 5,651 | -661 | 21.0 |
| St. George's | 325 | 8,749 | 8,863 | +114 | 5,243 | 5,577 | +334 | 3,606 | 3,286 | -220 | 27.3 |
| Burrage | 184 | 8,763 | 8,100 | -663 | 4,329 | 3,951 | -378 | 4,434 | 4,149 | -285 | 44.0 |
| Herbert | 245 | 9,084 | 8,451 | -633 | 4,052 | 3,873 | -179 | 5,032 | 4,578 | -454 | 34.5 |
| Glyndon | 302 | 9,563 | 8,769 | -794 | 4,751 | 4,347 | -404 | 4,812 | 4,422 | -390 | 29.0 |
| St. Margaret's | 552 | 13,545 | 12,541 | -1,004 | 6,578 | 6,069 | -509 | 6,967 | 6,472 | -495 | 22.7 |
| Central | 115 | 8,769 | 8,028 | -741 | 4,214 | 3,845 | -369 | 4,555 | 4,183 | -372 | 69.8 |
| St. Nicholas | 1,207 | 15,452 | 13,904 | -1,548 | 13,066 | 6,935 | -884 | 13,112 | 6,969 | -661 | 11.5 |
| Abbey Wood | 782 | 10,726 | 10,729 | +3 | 5,247 | 5,482 | 13.7 | ||||
| Well Hall | 687 | 14,009 | 13,122 | -887 | 13,136 | 6,300 | +6,926 | 15,172 | 6,822 | +6,789 | 19.1 |
| Avery Hill | 1,824 | 8,131 | 11,603 | +3,472 | 5,250 | 6,353 | 6.4 | ||||
| Sherard | 1,249 | 6,168 | 17,298 | +11,130 | 8,512 | 8,786 | 13.8 | ||||
| 8,282 | 140,389 | 146,881 | +6,492 | 69,661 | 73,191 | +3,530 | 70,728 | 73,690 | +2,962 | 17.7 | |