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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: Table 2.Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Table 2.

Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Divisions.Population at Census, April, 1901.Estimated population middle of 1901.Estimated population middle of 1902.
Lee18,64918,70318,925
Lewisham65,87166,63169,672
Sydenham and Forest Hill42,97543,14643,835
Whole Borough127,495128,480132,432

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THE BIRTH RATE.
The total number of Births registered in the Borough of
Lewisham during the year 1902 was 3,491. Of this total 1,812
were males and 1,679 females.
The birth rate for Lewisham is therefore 26 3 per 1,000
inhabitants, compared with 25.9 in the previous year.
The birth rate for London was 28.5 per thousand, or 2.2
per thousand in excess of this Borough.