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Deptford 1927
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Area and Population.
Acres. Estimated Population.
1,564 113,800
The population of Deptford to the middle of 1927 has been
estimated by the Registrar-General as 113,800. 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 | 9,261 | Hatcham | 10,997 |
| Evelyn | 10,847 | Pepys | 8,303 |
| St. Paul's | 10,781 | St. Catherine's | 7,812 |
| Vale | 11,152 | St. Peter's | 6,837 |
| Clifton | 12,353 | St. John's | 7,329 |
| Canterbury | 9,945 | Town Hall | 8,183 |
As the Borough has an area of 1,564 acres, the density of the
population on this estimate is 73 persons per acre approximately.
Social Conditions.
Chief occupations of the inhabitants : the influence of any particular
occupation on public health.
I have dealt so fully with the details of this subject in my last
Annual Report, that anything here would be vain repetition.
Last year I described a number of factories and workshops in
the Borough which I had visited, and this year another batch is given;
it is intended that this will be a regular feature year by year, so that
we may eventually have a complete record available of the chief
occupations of the inhabitants.
No evidence has been forthcoming to show that any local occupation
exercises an adverse influence on the health of the workers
engaged therein.