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Lewisham 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Registration of Union Counties.
Table 4._
| SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. | Area in statute acres. | houses. | POPULATION. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar's Sub-District. | Parish, Township, or Place. | 1861. | 1871. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | ||||||||
| Inhabited. | Uninhabitd. | Building. | Inhabited. | Uninbabitd | Building. | 1861. | 1871. | 1661. | 1871. | 1861. | 1871. | |||
| 27. Lewisham. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Lee | Lewisham. part of Parish . | 370 | 807 | 25 | R | 969 | 80 | 29 j | 4841 | 5947 | 1935 | 2390 | 2906 | 3557 |
| 3. Lewisham Village | Lewisham, part of Parish . | 3781 | 1326 | 44 | 13 | 2099 | 268 | 68 | 7372 | 11613 | 3366 | 5182 | 4017 | 6331 |
| 4. Sydenham | Sydenham Chapelry (part of Lewisham Parish) | 1623 | 1666 | 62 | 77 | 3060 | 389 | 65 | 10595 | 19065 | 4555 | 7989 | 6040 | 11076 |
| Lewisham (Entire Parish) | 5774 | 3789 | 131 | 98 | 6118 | 737 | 162 | 22808 | 36525 | 9845 | 16561 | 12963 | 20964 | |
| 1. Croydon | Battersea, part of Parish Penge (g) Hamlet | 770 | 668 | 54 | 76 | 1956 | 263 | 38 | 5015 | 13202 | 2250 | 6397 | 2765 | 7805 |
| (g) Extensive Building operations have been carried on in and around Penge, which is a detached part of the ancient Parish of Battcream and locally situate in the neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace. The facilities for communication by railway hare greatly contributed to the large increase of population. The other and principal part of Battersea Parish is in the Wandsworth District. *Note. In Table 7 of the Census, the proportions of Land and Water in these areas are stated (p. 27) as follows Lee; Land 366a., Water 4a.Lewisham Village; Land 3744a., Water, 37a. ;—Sydenham; Land 1616a., Water 7a.; penge; land 749a, water 21a (p. 104). | ||||||||||||||
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Wards of the Metropolitan Parishes.
Table 12.— Area; Inhabited Houses and Population, 1861 and 1871, Number of Rated Householders and
Rateable Annual Value of Property within the Wards into which 28 Metropolitain Parishes have been divided, for
the Election of Vestrymen under the Metropolis Local Management Act (17 and 18 Vict., c. 120).[Gensus 1871
rol. II., p. 35.]
† From an Official Statement furnished by the Metropolitan Board of Work
Note.— The Hemlet of Penge is not divided into Words.