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decrease in the number of deaths from zymotic disease from
258 in 1896 to 218 in 1897; and out of this number 106
were cases of summer diarrhoea, which was epidemic in
children over the whole country during the hot weather in
1897.
There were only 240 notifications of diphtheria, with
43 deaths, compared with 360 notifications and 82 deaths in
1896. Most of these cases occurred in the early month-" of
the year, and during the last few months the district has
been comparatively free from this disease.
There were 355 cases of scarlet fever notified, with 9
deaths, as compared with 449 cases notified with 11 deaths
in 1896. The type of disease was not quite so mild as in
previous years. There were 62 cases of typhoid notified,
with 10 deaths, as against 67 notifications and 10 deaths in
1896. There was no notification of small-pox.
Population.
The population of the Lewisham District, at the Census
of 1891, was found to be 92,647, occupying 15,643 houses,
distributed thus — Lewisham Parish, 72,272, occupying
12,317 houses, and giving an average of 5.9 persous to each
house. Hamlet of Penge 20,375, occupying 3,326 houses,
giving an average of 6.1 persons to each house.
At Midsummer, 1897, there were in Lewisham Parish
15,270 occupied houses, estimated to contain 90,092 persons,
and in the Hamlet of Penge 3,591 occupied houses, estimated
to contain 21,905 persons. Total, 18,861 occupied houses,
and estimated population 111,997, an increase of nearly
20,000 in the last seven years.
Inhabited Estimated
Houses. Populaton.
Lee . 1,284 7,575
Lewisham 7,098 41,878
Sydenham 6,888 40,639
Penge 3,591 21,905