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Deptford 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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The London County Council provide accommodation upon their various estates, for families from Deptford, and the following figures indicate the number of families for whom provision was made in 1937:—

EstateFamilies
Honor Oak107
Mottingham146
Downham65
Speedwell Street15
Hughes' Fields59
Meridian, Greenwich43
Bellingham75
Becontree29
Thornhill, Charlton26
St. Helier5
Deptford Park12
Haddo Street, Greenwich49
Crossfield Street9
Others24
Total664

For information, the number of Deptford families rehoused during
recent years was as follows:—
1936—789, 1935—354, 1934—476, 1933—377, 1932—241, 1931—217