London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| Locality. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Deathrateper 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rateper 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rateper 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death rateper 1,000 of the population. | Total Number of Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. | ||
| (b) | |||||||||||||
| Lee Division | 220 | 11.6 | 218 | 11.1 | 193 | 10.0 | 186 | 95 | 211 | 10.6 | 214 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| Lewisham Division | 991 | 14.2 | 816 | 11.2 | 941 | 12.4 | 966 | 12.2 | 1000 | 12.2 | 995 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| Sydenham & Forest Hill Division | 607 | 13.8 | 484 | 10.9 | 545 | 12.1 | 539 | 11.7 | 566 | 12.1 | 540 | 11.4 | 11.1 |
| County of London | 80105 | 17.2 | 69737 | 15.2 | 74556 | 16.1 | 70442 | 15.1 | 71155 | 11.5 | 69268 | 14.6 | — |
Note.—(a) Rates in this column are calculated upon the Registrar-General's estimated population.
(b) These figures are calculated upon the more accurate population estimated from the actual number of occupied
houses in 1907.