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and not in this District. There were only 8 cases of smallpox
notified, against 28 notifications last year, and there was
no death from this disease.
The deaths from influenza were only 29, as compared
with 58 in 1893, and 74 in 1892.
POPULATION
The population of the Lewisham District, at the Census
of 1891, was found to be 92,647, occupying 15,643 houses,
giving an average of 5.9 inmates to each inhabited house.
The number of inhabited houses at Midsummer, 1894, was
16,983, and the population was therefore estimated at
100,200.
Births.
The registered births in the District in the year 1894
amounted to 2,430, or 39 less than in the previous year ; of
these 76, or 3.1 per cent., were illegitimate.
Males 1,259
Females 1,171
The birth rate to population was 24.2 per 1,000.
In England and Wales it was 29.6 per 1,000 of the
population. This is the lowest birth rate ever recorded, and
is 2 per 1,000 below the mean rate of the previous ten years.
The birth rate in London, 30.1 per 1000, was also the lowest
yet recorded.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths for 1894 was 1,404, as
against 1,468 in 1893.