Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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CENSUS 1961: COUNTY OF LONDON REPORT
In March, 1963 the Registrar General issued the County of
London Report giving information on the Census taken in April, 1961.
The Report contains sections dealing with the distribution
of population by age, sex, and wards of the Borough; marital conditions;
nationality of residents; and housing conditions in the area.
Since the last Census in 1951 a decrease of 147,472 in the
population of the County area has taken place. The population of the
Borough at the time of the Census was 146,603 (comprising 71,170 males
and 75,433 females), compared with 147,891 at the 1951 Census, and
146,881 at the 1931 Census.
The following Table gives details of the increases and decreases
in the population by various wards of the Borough during the last ten years
TABLE NO. 9
Wards | Persons 1951 | Persons 1961 | Increase | Decrease | Persons per acre |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey Wood | 6,285 | 14,544 | 8/259 | - | 11.9 |
Avery Hill | 5,428 | 5,096 | - | 332 | 9.9 |
Burrage | 6,425 | 5,109 | - | 1,316 | 42.2 |
Central | 7,527 | 6,621 | - | 906 | 50.9 |
Coldharbour | 7,076 | 9,775 | 2,699 | - | 23.6 |
Eltham Green | 5,542 | 5,297 | - | 245 | 31.5 |
Falconwood | 2,753 | 5,868 | 3,115 | - | 13.0 |
Glyndon | 6,076 | 4,383 | - | 1,693 | 47.6 |
Herbert | 8,393 | 8,731 | 338 | - | 43.7 |
Horn Park | 6,219 | 6,648 | 429 | - | 15.0 |
Middle Park | 7,333 | 7.550 | 197 | - | 17.4 |
New Eltham | 8,382 | 8,340 | - | 42 | 18.7 |
River | 6.477 | 4,6l4 | - | 1,863 | 4.8 |
St. George's | 8,425 | 5,844 | - | 2,581 | 15.9 |
St. Mary's | 8,132 | 5,241 | - | 2,891 | 23.7 |
St. Margaret's | 8,062 | 7,572 | - | 490 | 20.2 |
St. Nicholas | 6,884 | 6,085 | - | 799 | 48.7 |
Sherard | 6,152 | 5,684 | - | 468 | 28.0 |
Shooters Hill | 5,970 | 5,290 | - | 680 | 9.8 |
Slade | 7,144 | 7,005 | - | 139 | 25.8 |
Well Hall | 5,478 | 4,834 | - | 644 | 32.7 |
Winns Common | 7,728 | 6,492 | - | 1,236 | 15.1 |