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Lewisham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: Table 2.Populationof the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April,1901,also population estimated at the middle of the years1901-1906.

Table 2.

Populationof the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April,1901,also population estimated at the middle of the years1901-1906.

Divisions.Population at Census, Apr. '01Population estimated to the middle of
1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
Lee18649187031892519147193701959419820
Lewisham65871666316967272731758087890382016
Sydenham and Forest Hill42975431464383544527452234592346627
Whole Borough127495128480132432136405140401144420148463

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THE BIRTH RATE.
The total number of Births registered in the Borough of
Lewisham during the year 1906 was 3,446. Of this total 1,739
were males and 1,707 females.
The birth rate for Lewisham is therefore 23.2 per 1,000
inhabitants, compared with 25.2 in the previous year.
The birth rate for London was 26.5 per thousand, or 3.3
per thousand in excess of this Borough.
Of the total births, 445 were registered in the Lee
division, 1,871 in Lewisham, and 1,130 in Sydenham and
Forest Hill division.
The birth rate in Lee was 22.5, in Lewisham 22.8, and
in Sydenham and Forest Hill 24.2 per 1,000 of the inhabitants
of each division.