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Bikths.
The registered births in the District in the year 1897
amounted to 2,088, an increase of 129 on the previous year;
of these 74, or 2 7 per cent., were illegitimate.
Birth rate = 24 per 1000.
Males 1,304
Females 1,384
The birth rate in England and Wales in 1897 was 29.7
per 1,000 of the population, which is equal to the rate in
1896, and lower than that in any other year recorded except
1894, and is l.0 per 1,000 below the mean rate in the ten
years, 1887—1896.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths in 1897 was 1,370, as
compared with 1,482 in the previous year, a decrease of 112.
Males 675
Females 695
Births. Deaths. Death Rate.
Lewisham 1,132 524 12.5
Sydenham 933 508 12.5
Penge 494 261 11.9
Lee 129 77 10.1
The number of deaths in public institutions in the District
amounted to 270; 69 of which were of persons who
died not belonging to the District.
There were 236 deaths in the Lewisham Union Infirmary,
170 of which were those of persons belonging to the
District; of these 105 were residents in Lewisham Tillage;
58 were residents in the Sydenham Chapelry; 7 belonged
to Lee; and none to Penge. There were 66 deaths of persons
who did not belong to the District.
13 deaths occurred at St. John's Hospital, Blackheath.
15 deaths occurred in the Lower Sydenham Home for
Sick Children.
4 deaths occurred in the North Surrey District Schools.
2 deaths occurred in the Watermans' Asylum, Penge.
The deaths of 91 residents in the District were