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Area and Population.
Acres. Estimated Population.
1,564 115,900
The population of Deptford to the middle of 1925 has been
estimated by the Registrar-General as 115,900. This estimate has
been based on the adjusted 1921 figures, after allowing for the varying
rate of natural increase as evidenced by the births and deaths, and of
migration as indicated from other sources, such as the changes in the
numbers on the Parliamentary Register and the migration returns
from the Board of Trade.

As the Borough has an area of 1,564 acres, the density of the
population on this estimate is 74 persons per acre approximately.
Births.
Births. Birth rate
per 1,000.
2175 18.8
The total number of births registered in the Borough was 2,017,
and of these 106 were transferred to other districts, as the permanent
addresses of the parents were outside this Borough. Similarly, 264
births occurring outside of the Borough, in maternity hospitals, were
transferred to Deptford, making a total of 2,175 births in all belonging
to Deptford. Of these, 1,112 were males and 1,063 were females.
This figure gives a birth-rate of 18.8 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
as compared with 20.6 for the year 1924.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1925 was 18.3.
„ „ the 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns was 18.8
„ „ the 158 Smaller Towns was 18.3
„ „ the County of London was 18.0
The rate for Deptford was therefore higher than the average for
the country as a whole. Table I shows the number of births and
birth-rates for the past ten years.