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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| 1901 Total. | 1911. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (Cols. 4-11.) | Buildings used as Dwellings. | Vessels, Sheds, Vagrants, &c. | Separate Flats (Included In Col.5) | Buildings not used as Dwellings. | |||||||||
| Ordinary Dwelling Houses. | Blocks of Flats. | Shops. | Hotels, Inns, and Public Houses. | Offices. Warehouses, Workshops, Fac tories. | Institutions. | Others. | Kind of Buildings. | No. | |||||
| Columns 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Number inhabited | 22,750 | 28,723 | 25,463 | 828 | 2,059 | 98 | 44 | 100 | 131 | - | 4,118 | Places of Worship | 100 |
| Separate Occupiers | 27,701 | 37,013 | 30,174 | 4,141 | 2,277 | 99 | 48 | 109 | 161 | 4 | 4,141 | Government and Municipal Buildings | 22 |
| Population | 127,495 | 160,834 | 130,221 | 14,972 | 9,538 | 602 | 181 | 4,767 | 546 | 7 | 14,972 | Shops | 421 |
| Offices | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Uninhabited | 1,597 | 2,534 | 2,223 | 17 | 267 | - | 9 | 2 | 16 | - | 487 | Warehouses, Workshops, Factories | 178 |
| Being built | 598 | 144 | 139 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Theatres and other places of Amusements | 12 |
The classification of the kinds of buildings is based on descriptions furnished by the local enumerators; in some cases,
especially as regards the distinction between a flat and an ordinary dwelling-house occupied by more than one family, differences
in practice are almost inevitable, the numbers under the several headings must therefore be regarded as approximate.