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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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BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.
EPITOME OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1904.
Area in acres, exclusive of area covered by water 6,991
Enumerated population (Census, 1901) 127,495
Estimated population to the middle of 1904 140,401
Average number of persons per house (Census, 1901) 5.6
Total number of Births registered in the Borough 3,589
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population 25.6
Total number of Deaths registered in the Borough 1,799
Total number of Deaths of residents of the Borough,
after correction for non-residents dying in Public
Institutions, and residents dying outside the District 1,679
Deaths of persons under 1 year of age 440
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births registered 122
Total number of Deaths in Public Institutions in the
Borough 542
Deaths of non-residents in the Borough 210
Deaths of residents outside the Borough 90
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population
12.0