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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
Deptford 1911
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The following table gives the approximate number of houses in each ward, and I have added a column showing the estimated population of each Ward :—
| Ward. | Houses Occupied. | Uninhabited Houses. | Houses Building. | Total number of Houses. | Estimated population at 6•6 per house. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Occupation. | Not in Occupation. | |||||
| North | 3149 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3218 | 20,941 |
| South | 2243 | 36 | 62 | 5 | 2346 | 14,916 |
| North-West | 3151 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 3195 | 20,954 |
| South-West | 2931 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 2989 | 19,491 |
| East | 2973 | 85 | 41 | — | 3099 | 19,770 |
| South-East | 2019 | 52 | 39 | — | 2110 | 13,426 |
| 16,466 | 280 | 195 | 16 | 16,957 | 109,498 | |
Back-to-Back Houses.
There are very few houses of this class in the district and
practically no houses built in courts.
Site, Sub-Soil and Drainage of Deptford.
The physical features and character of the Borough are
better described by considering the whole of London, but
generally speaking we may say that the town is situated on
one side of a long ridge, at the top of which ridge we find
Telegraph Hill, and extending in South-East direction we have
Hilly Fields. From this ridge we get a wide sweep down into
the Thames valley, until in the North and East we get very
low-lying land.