London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1909
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under I year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year. | | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under I Year | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under I year.| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 18703 | 398 | 255 | — | 66631 | 1882 | 856 | — | 43146 | 1040 | 557 | — | 128480 | 3320 | 1668 | — |
| 1902 | 18925 | 481 | 220 | 37 | 69672 | 1857 | 991 | 261 | 43835 | 1153 | 607 | 130 | 132432 | 3491 | 1818 | 428 |
| 1903 | 19147 | 486 | 213 | 37 | 72731 | 1979 | 816 | 203 | 44527 | 1098 | 484 | 88 | 136405 | 3563 | 1513 | 328 |
| 1904 | 19370 | 469 | 193 | 40 | 75808 | 1967 | 941 | 265 | 45223 | 1153 | 545 | 135 | 140401 | 3589 | 1679 | 440 |
| 1905 | 19594 | 454 | 186 | 21 | 78903 | 2027 | 966 | 209 | 45923 | 1152 | 539 | 108 | 144420 | 3633 | 1691 | 338 |
| 1906 | 19820 | 445 | 211 | 40 | 82016 | 1871 | 1000 | 220 | 46627 | 1130 | 566 | 131 | 148463 | 3446 | 1777 | 391 |
| 1907 | 20047 | 446 | 214 | 31 | 85149 | 2063 | 995 | 186 | 47336 | 1113 | 540 | 108 | 152532 | 3622 | 1749 | 325 |
| 1908 | 20276 | 473 | 211 | 25 | 88302 | 2058 | 1005 | 196 | 48049 | 1101 | 541 | 94 | 156627 | 3632 | 1757 | 315 |
| 1909 | 20506 | 472 | 232 | 21 | 91476 | 1930 | 903 | l70 | 48767 | 1105 | 529 | 71 | 160749 | 3507 | 1664 | 262 |
Institutions within the District receiving sick
and infirm persons from outside the District:-Lewisham
Union Infirmary; Lewisham Union Workhouse; Greenwich
Union Workhouse, Grove Park; Park Fever Hospital;
Bermondsey (St. Olave's) Union Workhouse; St. John's
Hospital, Morden Hill; Home for Sick Children, Lower
Sydenham; Flower House Asylum, Southend; Nursing Home,
Manor Park.
Outside Institutions in which deaths of residents of this
District have occurred were:—Gore Farm Hospital, Charing
Cross, Guy's, King's College, London, Miller (Greenwich),