Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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General statistics from 1901 Table 11
Year | Population | Death rate * | % dying under age 45 | % dying under age 65 | Birth rate * | Premature birth rate ‡ | Maternal death rate † | Stillbirth rate † | Neonatal death rate ** | One month to one year death rate (12)-(10) ** | Infant mortality rate ** | Reproductive wastage rate (9) +(12) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (all forms) | |
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Notif. rate†† | Death rate†† | % notif. rate under 15 | |||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
1901 | 127,495 | 13.0 | - | 74 | 26 | - | 3.9 | - | - | - | 128 | - | - | 93 | - |
1902 | 132,432 | 13.7 | — | 74 | 26 | - | 4.3 | - | - | - | 122 | - | - | 106 | - |
1903 | 136,405 | 11.1 | — | 72 | 26 | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | 92 | - | - | 78 | - |
1904 | 140,401 | 12.0 | — | 70 | 26 | - | 3.6 | - | - | - | 122 | - | - | 84 | - |
1905 | 144,420 | 11.7 | — | 67 | 25 | - | 28 | - | 30 | 63 | 93 | - | - | 87 | - |
1906 | 148,463 | 12.0 | — | 72 | 23 | - | 2.0 | - | 30 | 83 | 113 | - | - | 80 | - |
1907 | 152,532 | 11.5 | — | 67 | 24 | - | 2.5 | - | 34 | 56 | 90 | - | - | 90 | - |
1908 | 156,627 | 11.0 | — | 68 | 23 | - | 1.4 | - | 30 | 57 | 87 | - | - | 85 | - |
1909 | 160,749 | 10.4 | — | 63 | 22 | - | 2.0 | - | 35 | 40 | 75 | - | - | 78 | - |
1910 | 164,899 | 9.7 | — | 65 | 21 | — | 2.6 | — | 29 | 50 | 79 | — | — | 55 | — |
1911 | 161,677 | 11.4 | 46 | 68 | 21 | - | 2.3 | - | 31 | 73 | 104 | - | - | 64 | - |
1912 | 165,249 | 10.5 | 39 | 63 | 20 | - | 2.8 | - | 30 | 39 | 69 | - | 208 | 68 | 11 |
1913 | 168,822 | 10.7 | 43 | 65 | 20 | - | 2.6 | - | 28 | 48 | 76 | - | 188 | 73 | 25 |
1914 | 169,211 | 10.9 | 40 | 62 | 19 | - | 3.3 | - | 27 | 46 | 73 | - | 138 | 77 | 18 |
1915 | 164,438 | 12.9 | 36 | 61 | 19 | - | 4.0 | - | 30 | 49 | 79 | - | 154 | 90 | 26 |
1916 | — | 11.9 | — | — | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | - | - | 102 | - |
1917 | — | 11.8 | — | — | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 87 | - | - | 112 | - |
1918 | — | 13.2 | — | — | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | - | - | 106 | - |
1919 | 174,750 | 11.4 | 35 | 59 | 17 | - | 3.1 | - | 28 | 32 | 60 | - | 179 | 86 | 22 |
1920 | 174,698 | 10.8 | 38 | 59 | 23 | - | 3.8 | — | 32 | 30 | 62 | — | 160 | 73 | 22 |
1921 | 175,800 | 10.5 | 34 | 58 | 19 | - | 2.6 | - | 23 | 31 | 54 | - | 135 | 81 | 18 |
1922 | 176,600 | 11.1 | 31 | 57 | 18 | - | 2.5 | - | 26 | 28 | 54 | - | 154 | 74 | 16 |
1923 | 182,400 | 10.1 | 31 | 56 | 18 | - | 3.6 | - | 20 | 23 | 43 | - | 154 | 76 | 17 |
1924 | 184,900 | 10.5 | 29 | 56 | 16 | - | 3.6 | - | 23 | 24 | 47 | - | 149 | 68 | 22 |
1925 | 185,600 | 10.3 | 30 | 56 | 16 | - | 1.6 | - | 23 | 32 | 55 | - | 142 | 63 | 15 |
1926 | 187,800 | 10.0 | 29 | 54 | 15 | - | 2.1 | - | 18 | 22 | 40 | - | 158 | 71 | 17 |
1927 | 188,600 | 11.0 | 28 | 53 | 15 | - | 2.1 | - | 35 | 21 | 46 | - | 157 | 92 | 12 |
1928 | 199,300 | 10.0 | 29 | 54 | 15 | - | 2.3 | - | 22 | 30 | 52 | - | 168 | 77 | 15 |
1929 | 207,900 | 11.5 | 27 | 52 | 16 | - | 5.3 | - | - | - | 44 | - | 142 | 74 | 13 |
1930 | 207,900 | 9.7 | 28 | 53 | 15 | - | 0.9 | 37 | — | — | 42 | 79 | 154 | 76 | 12 |