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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 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]

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Table: TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year1896and10years preceding.

TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year1896and10years preceding.

In the YearBirth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate per 1000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 6 years;per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1000 of Total Deaths.
189623.718.75136.7236.1348.1211.2
189524.514.44140.4238.0345.6171.1
189424.214.00137.0237.1367.5175.9
189325.415.10124.7209.8312.6158.0
189225.815.60140.0245.0351.4162.6
189127.214.62117.4218.0332.1121.7
189024.913.97139.8239.3364.3109.8
188925.512.39126.7261.1370.3123.4
188825.613.43126.6240.6385.892.1
188727.213.66121.0240.1381.2115.0
188627.213.75124.3251.3363.487.8
Average of 10 years, 1886—189525.714.10129.8238.0355.4131.7