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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1902
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902
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TABLE A.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901 and 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1901 | 128480 | 3320 | 25.9 | 426 | 128 | 1875 | 14.5 | 613 | 289 | 82 | 1668 | 13.0 |
| 1902 | 132432 | 3491 | 26.3 | 438 | 125 | 1942 | 13.9 | 568 | 241 | 117 | 1818 | 13.7 |
Note.—Figures for years prior to 1901 are unobtainable.
*Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered
by water) 6,991
At Census of 1901—Total population of all ages — 127,495
„ „ Number of inhabited houses — 22,750
„ „ Average number of persons per house 5.6
Institutions within the District receiving sick
and infirm persons from outside the District:—Lewisham
Union Infirmary; Lewisham Union Workhouse; Park Fever
Hospital; St. Olave's Union Workhouse; St. John's Hospital,
Morden Hill ; Home for Sick Children, Lower Sydenham ;
Flower House Asylum, Beckenham Hill.
Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been
distributed among the several localities in the District:—Brook
Fever Hospital; South Eastern Fever Hospital: Long Reach