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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Births per 1000 population. | Deaths per 1000 population. | Infantile Deaths, per 1000 births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of London | 15.7 | County of London | 13.8 | County of London | 70 |
| City of London | 7.0 | Lewisham | 11.5 | Lewisham | 44 |
| Holborn | 10.0 | Woolwich | 12.5 | Stoke Newington | 47 |
| Westminster | 10.3 | City of London | 12.6 | Hampstead | 53 |
| Hampstead | 11.3 | Hampstead | 12.8 | Hackney | 58 |
| Chelsea | 11.6 | Deptford | 12.9 | Hammersmith | 61 |
| St. Marylebone | 11.9 | Stoke Newington | 13.0 | Wandsworth | 61 |
| Wandsworth | 13.3 | Wandsworth | 13.0 | Woolwich | 61 |
| Kensington | 14.3 | Camberwell | 13.2 | Battersea | 63 |
| Paddington | 14.7 | Bethnal Green | 13.3 | City of London | 63 |
| Camberwell | 15.1 | Fulham | 13.4 | Bethnal Green | 64 |
| Fulham | 15.2 | Hackney | 13.5 | Camberwell | 66 |
| Lambeth | 15.5 | Hammersmith | 13.5 | Lambeth | 67 |
| St. Pancras | 15.5 | St. Marylebone | 13.5 | Chelsea | 69 |
| Lewisham | 15.7 | Stepney | 13.6 | Bermondsey | 71 |
| Hackney | 15.8 | Battersea | 13.8 | Holborn | 71 |
| Woolwich | 15.8 | Greenwich | 13.8 | Islington | 71 |
| Hammersmith | 15.9 | Poplar | 13.8 | Fulham | 72 |
| Stoke Newington | 15.9 | Westminster | 13.8 | Greenwich | 72 |
| Battersea | 16.0 | Bermondsey | 14.1 | Deptford | 75 |
| Greenwich | 16.1 | Lambeth | 14.4 | Poplar | 75 |
| Deptford | 16.5 | Islington | 14.6 | St. Marylebone | 75 |
| Stepney | 17.2 | Holborn | 14.7 | Westminster | 75 |
| Islington | 17.4 | Kensington | 14.7 | Finsbury | 79 |
| Southwark | 17.8 | Paddington | 14.9 | St. Pancras | 81 |
| Bethnal Green | 18.4 | St. Pancras | 15.0 | Southwark | 81 |
| Finsbury | 18.8 | Chelsea | 15.2 | Shoreditch | 82 |
| Poplar | 18.9 | Southwark | 15.4 | Kensington | 84 |
| Bermondsey | 19.5 | Shoreditch | 15.5 | Stepney | 89 |
| Shoreditch | 19.8 | Finsbury | 15.6 | Paddington | 99 |
Note.—The Birth and Death Rates for Lewisham are calculated on the Estimated Population
for 1929, while those from other districts are extracted from the Registrar
General's Report, and are based on the 1928 population.