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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 1919
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Taking the number of inhabited houses in 1919 to be 16,855 as set
forth in the above table, and calculating the population to be 111,205,
then the average number of persons per house would be 6.5.
The following table shows the number of houses, separate occupiers, and population in 1901 and 1911, distinguishing the various kinds of buildings and the population enumerated therein, and also the buildings not used as dwellings : —
| 1901 | 1911. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Totals (Cols. 4-11) | Building used as dwellings. | Vessels, Sheds. Vagrants, etc. | Separate Flats. (Included in Col. 5.) | Buildings not used as Dwellings. | ||||||||
| Ordinary Dwelling Houses. | Blocks of Flats. | Shops. | Hotels. Inns, and Public Houses, | Offices,Warehouses, workshops,factories. | Institutions. | Others. | Kind of Building. | No. | |||||
| cols.1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Number inhabited | 15,823 | 16,102 | 14,768 | 75 | 1,049 | 121 | 40 | 15 | 34 | – | 764 | Places of Worship | 33 |
| Separate Occupiers | 24,615 | 25,040 | 22,838 | 773 | 1,193 | 124 | 42 | 16 | 48 | 6 | 773 | Govt. & Municipal Buildings | 16 |
| shops | 234 | ||||||||||||
| Population | 110,398 | 109,496 | 98,470 | 3,409 | 5,116 | 752 | 190 | 1.398 | 140 | 21 | 3,409 | Offices | 27 |
| Uninhabited | 424 | 640 | 561 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 207 | Warehouses. Workshops & Factories | 179 |
| Being built | 92 | 15 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | Theatres and other places of amusement. | 7 | ||
Families or separate occupiers (private and other) in Deptford :—
East ... ... 4,671
North ... ... 5,385
North-West ... 5,358
South ... ... 2,854
South-East... ... 2,783
South-West ... 3,979
25,040
1911 ... 25,040
1901 ... 24,615
Increase 425
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1911 1919
Number of Private Families ... 24,275 25,728
Population in Private Families ... 107,775 111,205
Population of Deptford living in Institutions, large establishments, vessels, etc.:- Number of Institutions, etc.
| Population | 1436 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population. | Institution. | |
| East | 227 | 10 |
| North | 20 | 1 |
| North-West | 512 | 4 |
| South | 93 | 3 |
| South-East | 584 | 4 |
| South-West | - | - |
| 1436 | 22 | |