London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1904
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1904
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Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea, Cancer Hospital, Chelsea,
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, Charing Cross
Hospital, Children's Hospital, Great Ormonde Street, King's
College Hospital, London Hospital, London Temperance Hospital,
Orthopœdic Hospital, Hatton Gardens, St. George's Hospital,
Dartford (London County) Asylum, Cane Hill Asylum, Banstead
Asylum, Caterham Asylum, Camberwell House Asylum, Darenth
Imbecile Asylum, Horton Asylum, Epsom, Colney Hatch Asylum,
Friern Barnet Asylum, Ilford Asylum, Tooting Bee Asylum,
Bermondsey Infirmary, Epileptic Colony, Epsom, Islington
Infirmary, St Luke's House (14, Pembridge Square), St. Peter's
Home (Kilburn), and Salvation Army Maternity Home (Hackney).
Other deaths of residents of this district occurred in the
the River Thames (Charlton), Great Western Hotel, Birmingham,
Artillery Mansions, Westminster, London County Council
Electric Generating Station, Greenwich, Euston (L.N.W.B.)
Station, East Dulwich Railway Station, Earl's Court District
Railway, Railway Station, Woolwich Arsenal, Female Protection
Society (157, Marylebone Road), and 9, Whitehall Place.
| Names of Localities. | LEE. | LEWISHAM. | SYDENHAM & FOREST HILL. | WHOLE BOROUGH. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | Deaths under 1 Year | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all ages. | 1 Deaths under 1 year. |
| 1901 | 18703 | 398 | 255 | – | 66631 | 1882 | 856 | – | 43146 | 1040 | 557 | — | 128480 | 3320 | 1668 | — |
| 1902 | 18925 | 481 | 220 | 37 | 69672 | 1857 | 991 | 261 | 43835 | 1153 | 607 | 130 | 132432 | 3491 | 1818 | 428 |
| 1903 | 19147 | 486 | 213 | 37 | 72731 | 1979 | 816 | 203 | 44527 | 1098 | 484 | 88 | 136405 | 3563 | 1513 | 328 |
| 1904 | 19370 | 469 | 193 | 40 | 75808 | 1967 | 941 | 265 | 45223 | 1153 | 545 | 135 | 140401 | 3589 | 1679 | 440 |
Note:—Figures for years prior to 1901 are unobtainable.