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To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough oj Lewisham
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to you my Report on the
Vital Statistics and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the
year 1911, together with the Returns required by the Local
Government Board and the Home Office.
The Vital Statistics for the year under review show
that Lewisham continues to retain its position as the second
healthiest Borough in the Metropolis.
The corrected death-rate from all causes amounted to
11.4 per 1,000 persons living at all ages, compared with 15.5
per 1,000 for the 77 Great Towns and 15.8 per 1,000 for the
County of London.
The lowest death-rate in London, 10.9 per 1,000, was
recorded in the Borough of Hampstead.
Owing to the exceptionally high temperature existing
during the summer months, epidemic diarrhoea and enteritis
were very prevalent throughout the country. In this Borough
113 deaths among children under one year of age were caused
by this disease, which had the effect of raising the infant
mortality rate to 104 per 1,000 births, compared with 79 per