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Lewisham 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE IX.
TABLE IX.
| CITIES and BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Your 1882.1 | Persons to an acre, (1882). | Registered in| 52 Weeks ending 30th Dec., 1882. | Mean Temperature in 52 Weeks, ending 30th Dec., 1882. | Rainfall in 52 Weeks, ending 30th Dec., 1882. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | |||||
| o | Inches. | |||||
| 28 Towns | 8,469,671 | 34 5 | 297,934 | 187,931 | — | . |
| London | 3,893,272 | 51.6 | 133.200 | 82,905 | 49.5 | 6.49 |
| Brighton | 109,596 | 46.6 | 3,346 | 2,372 | 49 6 | 7.87 |
| Portsmouth | 129,916 | 290 | 4,404 | 2,779 | -_ | _- |
| Norwich | 88,821 | 11.9 | 3,000 | 1,821 | - | - |
| Plymouth | 74,449 | 53.4 | 2,386 | 1,574 | 50.3 | 10.12 |
| Bristol | 210,134 | 472 | 6,923 | 4,021 | 48.2 | 11.04 |
| Wolverhampton | 76,756 | 22 6 | 2,762 | 1,713 | 46.5 | 9.89 |
| Brimingham | 408,532 | 48.6 | 14,893 | 8,527 | - | - |
| Leicester | 126,275 | 39.4 | 4,856 | 2,632 | 48.3 | 869 |
| Nottingham | 193.673 | 19.4 | 7,356 | 4,657 | 481 | 8.47 |
| Derby | 83,687 | 24.3 | 2,963 | 1,559 | — | — |
| Birkenhead | 86,582 | 22 3 | 3,158 | 1,738 | — | — |
| Liverpool | 560,377 | 107.6 | 20,498 | 14,818 | 48.3 | — |
| Bolton | 106,767 | 37 3 | 3,875 | 2,443 | 46.2 | 15.17 |
| Manchester | 340,211 | 79.2 | 12,454 | 9,057 | - | — |
| Salford | 184,004 | 35.6 | 7,130 | 4,262 | — | — |
| Oldham | 115,672 | 24.8 | 4,019 | 2,838 | — | — |
| Blackburn | 106,460 | 15.3 | 4,082 | 2,665 | - | - |
| Preston | 97,656 | 26.8 | 3,863 | 2,684 | — | — |
| Huddersefield | 88,418 | 79.5 | 2,560 | 1,858 | — | — |
| Halifax | 74,713 | 20.2 | 2,232 | 1,518 | — | — |
| Bradford | †200,158 | 18.6 | 6,224 | 4,142 | 48.0 | 990 |
| Leeds | 315.998 | 14.6 | 11,359 | 7,321 | 48.6 | 8.51 |
| Sheffield | 290,516 | 14.8 | 10.837 | 6,281 | 47.9 | 10.00 |
| Hull | 158,814 | 43.7 | 6,794 | 3,669 | 47.2 | 8.82 |
| Sunderland | 119,065 | 43.0 | 4,889 | 3,149 | 49.9 | 7.83 |
| Newcastle | 147,626 | 27.5 | 5,473 | 3.403 | — | — |
| Cardiff | 86,724 | 12.7 | 3,398 | 1,725 | — | |
| Lewisham District | 74,901 | 11.4 | 2,286 | 1,092 | 49.5 | 6.49 |
*The figures in this column are the numbers enumerated at the Census in April,
1881, raised to the middle of 1882 by the addition of 1¾ times the annual rate of increase
that prevailed between l871 and 1881.
†This is the estimate of the population of the Municipal Borough oi Bradford,
as extended by the "Bradford Water and Improvement Act, 1881," which came
into operation on 1st of May, 1882.