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Lewisham 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Registrar's Sub-districts.
Enumerated Population,
(Census) 1851.
Enumerated Population,
(Census) 1861.
Enumerated Population,
(Census) 1871.
Estimated Population,
1871.
Estimated population, 1872, at
so many per house, taking the
number per house in 1871.
Number of Inhabited Houses,
1851 (Census).
Number of Inhabited Houses,
1861 (Census).
Number of Inhabited Houses,
middle of 1872.
Average number of persons per
house (1851).
Average number of persons per
house (1861).
Average number of persons per
house (1871).
Average mortality per 1000
population, 1872.
TABLE I.
Blackheath—
(a part of Lewisham Parish
in the Sub-district of Lee)
4466
4841
5938
5931
5912
728
807
934
6.18
6.00
6.33
12.68
Lewisham—
(a part of Lewisham Parish
in the Sub-District of
Lewisham Village
6097
7372
11508
11500
12405
1088
1326
2099
4.6
5.56
5.91
17.0
Sydenham Chapelry
4501
10595
19016
18996
20;t98
801
1656
3010
5.61
6.40
6 .71
16.08
The whole of Lewisham
Parish
15064
22808
36462
36427
38715
2617
3789
6073
5.75
6.01
6.38
15.85
Hamlet of Penge
1169
5015
13201
13201
14370
153
668
2101
764
7.50
6.84
12.10
Entire District
16233
27823
49663
49628
53085
2770
4457
8174
14.84