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Deptford 1936

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

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The L.C.C. also announced their intention to deal with an area to
be known as the Tanner's Hill Area.
Private enterprise built 3 houses.
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
1936:—
Estate Families
Honor Oak 139
Mottingham 128
Bronze Street 110
Downham 79
Speedwell Street 65
Hughes' Fields 45
Thames Street, S.E. 10 42
Meridian, S.E. 10 38
Bellingham 30
Becontree 25
Thornhill, S.E. 7 22
East Greenwich 18
St. Helier 15
Deptford Park 10
Swan Lane, S.E. 16 6
Others 17
Total 789
For information, the number of Deptford families rehoused during
recent years was as follows:—
1935—354, 1934—476, 1933—377, 1932—241, 1931—217.