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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 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: District of the Metropolitan Board of Works.Table 10.— Area, Inhabited Homes and Population, 1801and1871,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 by18and19Vict., c.120. [Census1871,vol. II. p.30.]

District of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

Table 10.— Area, Inhabited Homes and Population, 1801and1871,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 by18and19Vict., c.120. [Census1871,vol. II. p.30.]

parishes, districts, &C.Area in statute acre*.1861.1871.1871.
Inhabited House.Population.Inhabited House.Population.Number of Rated House-holdersRateable Annual Value of Property
Lewisham Board of Works DistrictLewisham (including Sydenham Chapelry)57743769228086118365255720278206
Hamlet of Penge77066850151956132022168120893
65444457278238074497277888399099
* From an Official Statement furnished by the Metropolitan Board of Work-