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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 1912
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The permanent open spaces existing which cannot be built
upon are:—
Situation.
Size.
Maintained by
1. Deptford Park
Evelyn Street
22 acres
L.C.C.
2. Ravensbourne
Recreation Ground
Brookmill Road
1¼ acres
Borough
Council.
3. Hilly Fields
Brockley
45½ acres
L.C.C.
(On South-Hast Boundary of Borough)
4. Telegraph Hill
Recreation Ground
Telegraph Hill
9¾ acres
L.C.C.
5. Railways and adjoining
land
—
234 acres
6. Millwall Football
Ground
-
5½ acres
7. Canals
—
8 acres
8. Reservoir
-
1 acre
Births.
Number of births
2896
Average number of births for previous
10 years
3205
Average birth-rate for previous 10 years
28·0
Birth-rate of Deptford per 1,000
26·5
England and Wales
23·9
95 Great Towns
24·9
136 Smaller Towns
24·3
London
24·7
The total number of births registered in the Borough in
1912 was 2,896, as compared with 3,001 in 1911. Of these
1,430 were boys and 1,466 were girls.
The birth-rate for the Borough was equivalent to an annual
rate of 26·5 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 27·4
for 1911, 24·7 for 1910 and 26·8 for 1909.