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PL47
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, PLUMSTEAD,
Year, Jan.-Dec., 1895.
To the Plumstead Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my fifth Annual
Report on the health of Plumstead.
A.— Vital Statistics.
Population.
1. The estimated population, 61,494, supposes an increase
at a lower rate than obtained in the ten years 1881-91; but
it is probably more than the actual population. This is
indicated (1) by the great decrease in the birth-rate; (2) by
the number of houses. There were at Midsummer, 1895,
3098 houses assessed in West Plumstead, and 6356 in East
Plumstead—total, 9454. This gives on the estimated population
6 5 per house, compared with 6.0 at the census, and 6.2
in each of the last two years. As another census will be
taken in April, the question will soon be settled. I estimate
the population of West Plumstead to be 18,187 and of East
Plumstead 43,307.
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