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Inhabited Houses.
The number of inhabited houses at the time of the Census in 1931 was 29,870.
These were occupied by 38,176 families. At the end of 1938, according to the
rate books, the number of inhabited houses was 35,023.
Rateable Value, Etc.
The rateable value of the Borough in October, 1938, was £1,250,133, and the
sum represented by a penny rate at that date was £5,021.
Physical Features and General Characteristics of the Area.
In the physical configuration of the Borough the outstanding feature is
Shooters Hill, which rises over 400 feet above sea-level. At a little lower level,
on the Woolwich and Plumstead side, there is the well-marked plateau of Woolwich
and Plumstead Commons, due to the erosion of local clay from off the pebble beds.
Lower down still is the level plain of the Thames. Southward, in Eltham and Lee,
the land, after sloping downwards from Shooters Hill, rises slightly again in
Eltham and then falls away towards New Eltham and Lee, but rises again as it
approaches Chislehurst. In the main this area is composed of London clay although
there is a considerable amount of sand and gravel in Avery Hill Ward.