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REPORT
TO
Thc Board of Works for the FewishamDistrict
TO THE END OF THE YEAR, 1880.
By
F. EACHUS WILKINSON M.D., &c„
Medical OJficcr of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
The population of the Lewisham District estimated to
the middle of the year 1880 amounted to 67,465 residing in
" '
10,970 houses.
Table I. gives the estimated population, the number of
inhabited houses, and the births, deaths, and marriages which
have taken place in the District during the year 1880 and
the 10 previous years.
Table II. gives the annual rate of mortality, death rates
amongst children, and death rates at the public institutions
in the District.
Table III. gives the deaths registered at several groups
of ages from different causes during the year.
Table IV. gives the mortality from certain classes of
diseases, and the proportion to population, and to 1,000 deaths
in 1880.
Table V. gives the number of deaths in the 10 years,
1K70 to 1ST?) inclusive, from the seven principal zymotic
diseases, and the number in the year 1880.
Table VI. gives the Inspectors' Reports of the sanitary
work completed during the year.
Table VII. gives the number o! inhabited houses, the