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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 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year1899and10years preceding.

TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year1899and10years preceding.

In the YearBirth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate per 1000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years: per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1000 of Total Deaths.
189923.413.9146.6246.9334.9233.7
189823.314.00165.4274.8377.8214.3
189724.012.23125.7246.7352.5212.4
189623.713.75136.7236.1348.1200.0
189524.514.44140.4238.0345.6171.1
189424.214.00137.0237.1367.5175.9
189325.415.0124.7209.8312.6158.0
189225.815.60110.0245.0351.4162.6
189127.214.62117.4218.0332.1121.7
189024.913.971398239.3364.3109.8
188925.512.39126.7261.1370.3123.4
Average of 10 years, 1889—189924.814.01135.3240.6352.2164.9