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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
Greenwich 1896
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897
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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics for 1896.
Area of the combined Parishes of Deptford—
1,663 acres of land.
32 acres of water.
67 acres of tidal water and foreshore.
Population—
St. Paul's Parish—North 28,430
„ Central 45,441 107,273
„ South 33,402
St. Nicholas Parish 7,722
Total 114,995
Houses—
St. Paul's Parish—(Census, 1896, Estimated) —
Houses inhabited 15,052
Houses uninhabited 530
Houses building 65
15,647
St. Nicholas Parish—
Inhabited houses 1,138
Houses uninhabited 62
Houses building 2
1,202
Total 16,849
Rateable Value—
St. Paul's Parish £527,343
St. Nicholas Parish 59,118
Total £586,461
Marriages—
St. Paul's Parish 588
St. Nicholas Parish 63
651
Births 3,863
Deaths 2,228
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