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Area and Population.
Acres. Estimated Population.
1564 115,200
The population of Deptford to the middle of 1924 has been
estimated by the Registrar-General as 115,200. 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,
was as follows:—
East 21,832 South 13,372
North 24,509 South-East 13,404
North-West 24,655 South-West 17,428
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.
2,376 20.6
The total number of births registered in the Borough was 2,177,
and of these 65 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 2,376 births in all belonging
to Deptford. Of these, 1,232 were males and 1,144 were females.
This figure gives a birth-rate of 20.6 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
as compared with 21.1 for the year 1923.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1924 was 18.8
„ „ the 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns was 19.4
„ ,, the 157 Smaller Towns was 18.9
„ „ the County of London was 18.7
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:—