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Lewisham 1909
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.
EPITOME OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1909.
Area in acres, exclusive of area covered by water 6,991
Enumerated population (Census, 1901) 127,495
Estimated population to the middle of 1909 160,749
Average number of persons per house (Census, 1901) 5.6
Total number of Births registered in the Borough 3,507
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population 21.9
Total number of Deaths registered in the Borough 1,707
Total number of Deaths of residents of the Borough,
after correction for non-residents dying in Public
Institutions, and residents dying outside the District 1,664
Deaths of persons under 1 year of age 262
Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Births registered 75
Total number of Deaths in Public Institutions in the
Borough 570
Deaths of non-residents in the Borough 174
Deaths of residents outside the Borough 131
Corrected Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population
10.4