[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Gravesend Borough.

  • Gravesend (Kent, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Gravesend Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POPULATION. Percentage Census. Total Persons. Males. Females. increase on previous Census. Separate Families. 1911 28115 13501 14614 919 or 3.3 6242 1921 31171 15170 16982 3022 or 10.7 7309 Estimated Population to mid-year 1925 33,111 Statistics of the Census 1921. Total number of dwellings occupied by private families 5,955 Dwellings occupied by 1 separate family 4,861 Dwellings occupied by 2 separate families 906 Dwellings occupied by 3 separate families 188 Number of private houses 5,417 Number of Structurally Divided Houses Plats Tenements etc 30 Shops 587 Others: Churches, Institutions, Places of Amusement, etc 52 Total 6,086 Occupations. A large proportion of the population of Gravesend are employed on or connected with the Water, as pilots, seamen, barge and lightermen, dock labourers, dock clerks, etc., also an increasing number of residents have employment in London, travelling to and fro each day. Either in the Borough or adjacent, large factories have been established for printing, manufacture of paper, cement and cabel works, etc., employing a considerable amount of male and female labour.