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Lewisham 1901
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1901
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BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.
EPITOME OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1901.
Area in acres exclusive of area covered by water 6,991
Enumerated population (Census, 1901) 127,495
Estimated population to the middle of 1901 128,480
Average number of persons per house 5.6
Total number of Births registered in the Borough 3,320
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population 25.9
Total number of Deaths registered in the Borough 1,875
Total number of Deaths registered in the Borough,
after correction for non-residents dying in Public
Institutions, and residents dying outside the District 1,668
Deaths of persons under 1 year of age 426
Rate per 1,000 births registered 128
Total number of Deaths in Public Institutions 613
Deaths of non-residents in Public Institutions in the
Borough 289
Deaths of residents in Institutions outside the Borough 82
Corrected Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated population
13.0