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Lewisham 1905

[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, 1902, 1903, 1904,and1905.

Table 2.

Populationof the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April,1901,also population estimated at the middle of the years1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,and1905.

Divisions.Population at Census, Apr. '01.Population estimated to the middle of
1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
Lee18649187031892519] 471937019594
Lewisham658716663169672727317580878903
Sydenham and Forest Hill429754314643835445274522345923
Whole Borough127495128480132432136405140401144420

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THE BIRTH RATE.
The total number of Births registered in the Borough of
Lewisham during the year 1905 was 3,633. Of this total 1,828
were males and 1,805 females.
The birth rate for Lewisham is therefore 25.2 per 1,000
inhabitants, compared with 25.6 in the previous year.
The birth rate for London was 27.1 per thousand, or 1.9
per thousand in excess of this Borough.
Of the total births, 454 were registered in the Lee
division, 2,027 in Lewisham, and 1,152 in Sydenham and
Forest Hill division.
The birth rate in Lee was 23.2, in Lewisham 25.7, and
in Sydenham and Forest Hill 25.1 per 1,000 of the inhabitants
of each division.
Declining Birth Rate.—The Annual Summary of the
Registrar-General shows that the birth rate continues to decline
throughout England and Wales. The birth rate for the whole