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Lewisham 1901
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901
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Prior to November, 1900, the Lewisham District included
Penge. On the formation of the existing Borough, Penge, was
excluded and the Civil Parish of Lee added.
The boundaries of the Lewisham District were further
changed by the removal or addition of small areas :—
Camberwell transferred to Lewisham an area having a population in 1901 of 90 persons.
| Dulwich | 784 | „ |
| Greenwich | 883 | „ |
| Eltham | 28 | „ |
| Charlton | 3 | „ |
| Total | 1784 |
Lewisham transferred to Woolwich an area having a population in 1901 of 15 persons.
| „ „ Greenwich | do. | 1116 „ |
| „ „ Camberwell | do. | 1643 „ |
| Total | 2774 |
Owing to the alteration of the old boundaries and areas
in the formation of the new Borough, and the absence of
statistical records for the old districts it is impossible to obtain
accurate figures for periods prior to the present year and for
this reason many comparative figures are necessarily omitted.
POPULATION.
The enumerated population in 1891 for the area which
now constitutes the Borough amounted to 88,933 against 127,495
in 1901, showing an increase in ten years of 38,562 persons.
This is equal to an increase of 431 for every 1,000 persons
recorded in the Census of 1891.