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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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servants, 11 per cent. to laundresses and 6 per cent. to dressmakers'
assistants.
Of the 82 illegitimate births, 14 under 1 year or 17 per
cent. proved fatal, giving an infant mortality of 171 per 1,000
births.

Table: Table 3.BirthsandBirth Ratesfor each Division of the Borough for the years 1901 -1906.

Table 3.

BirthsandBirth Ratesfor each Division of the Borough for the years 1901 -1906.

Division.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons.Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons.Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons.Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons.Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons.
Lee48125.448625.446924.245423.244522.5
Lewisham185726.6197927.2196725.9202725.7187122.8
Syd.&Forest Hill115326.3109824.7115325.5115225.1113024.2
Whole Borough349126.3356326.1358925.6363325.2344623.2
County of London13047828.513090628.412933527.912662027.112488026.5