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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 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: Table 3.BirthsandBirth Ratesfor each Division of the Borough for the years1901-1905.

Table 3.

BirthsandBirth Ratesfor each Division of the Borough for the years1901-1905.

Division.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
Total Number of Births.Birth Rate per 1000 persons,Total Number of Births.Birth R ate 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.
Lee39821.248125.448625.446924.245423.2
Lewisham188228.2185726.6197927.2196725.9202725.7
Syd.& Forest Hill104024.1115326.3109824.7115325.5115225.1
Whole Borough332025.9349126.3356326.1358925.6363325.2
County of London13182929.013047828.513090628.412933527.912662027.1

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In regard to Lewisham out of 3,633 total births 121, or
33.3 per 1,000 births were registered as being illegitimate.
This being the first year in which we have been supplied with
detailed returns in regard to births, we are unable to give the
comparative figures for previous years.