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Deptford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Area and Population.
Acres. Estimated Population.
1,564 112,400
The population of Deptford to the middle of 1928 has been
estimated by the Registrar-General as 112,400. 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.
The population for each of the various wards, based on this estimate, and on the estimated population at the revision of ward boundaries in 1925, was as follows:—
| Deptford Park | 9,147 | Hatcham | 10,862 |
| Evelyn | 10,713 | Pepys | 8,201 |
| St. Paul's | 10,648 | St. Catherine's | 7,716 |
| Vale | 11,015 | St. Peter's | 6,753 |
| Clifton | 12,201 | St. John's | 7,239 |
| Canterbury | 9,823 | Town Hall | 8,082 |
As the Borough has an area of 1,564 acres, ths density of the
population on this estimate is 72 persons per acre approximately.
Social Conditions.
Chief occupations of the inhabitants: the influence of any particular
occupation on public health.
No evidence has been forthcoming to show that any local occupation
exercises an adverse influence on the health of the workers
engaged therein.
I have dealt fully with details of this subject in recent Annual
Reports. In the portion of this Report devoted to Factories and
Workshops will be found a description of various trade premises
specially visited by your Medical Officer of Health during the year
under report,