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The birth rate was 33.06 per 1000.
The death rate was 10.99 per 1000.
These rates differed in the different Registrar's subdistrict
Thus:
In Blackheath (so much as is contained in Lewisham
Parish),
The birth rate was 24.64 per 1000.
The death rate was 10.47 per 1000.
In Lewisham Village (Registrar's district),
The birth rate was 38.12 per 1000.
The death rate was 21.28 per 1000.
In Sydenham (Registrar's district),
The birth rate was 36.09 per 1000.
The death rate was 13.80 per 1000.
In penge,
The birth rate was 28.18 per 1000.
The death rate was 12.28 per 1000.
Table No. II. gives the number of births and deaths which
have occurred in the different Registrar's sub-districts in
Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising
the Lewisham District, with the mortality of the
several public institutions.
TABLE II.
Registrar's Sub-district.
BIRTHS.
Total.
DEATHS.
Total.
M ales.
Females.
Males.
Females.
Blackheath
71
65
136
40
51
91
Lewisham
197
186
383
126
118
244
Union Workhouse
-
-
——
32
19
51
Sydenham
350
332
682
133
127
260
Penge
176
191
367
85
67
152
N. Surrey District School
-
-
-
1
6
7
Waterman's Asylum
—
—
—
—
1
1
Total
794
774
1568
417
389
806
Table III. gives the total mortality for the previous 14
years.
TABLE III.
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
356
375
409
433
455
405
497
533
598
552
674
636
761
756