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Lewisham 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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District of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Table 10.—Area, Inhabited Homes and Population, 1801 and 1871, Number of Rated Householders and
Rateable Annual Value of Property Assessed in the sereral Parishes, &c. within the District of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, as defined by 18 and 19 Vict., c. 120. [Census 1871, vol. II. p. 30.]
parishes, districts, &C.
Area in
statute
acre*.
1861.
1871.
1871.
Inhabited
House.
Population.
Inhabited
House.
Population.
Number of
Rated
Householders
Rateable
Annual
Value of
Property
Lewisham Board of
Works District
Lewisham (including Sydenham
Chapelry)
5774
3769
22808
6118
36525
5720
278206
Hamlet of Penge
770
668
5015
1956
13202
2168
120893
6544
4457
27823
8074
49727
7888
399099
* From an Official Statement furnished by the Metropolitan Board of Work-