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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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EPITOME OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1912.
Area in acres 6,991
Population:—
Census, 1901 127,495
„ 1911 160,834
Estimated to the middle of 1912 165,249
Average number of persons per house (Census, 1911) 5.6
Births 3,512
Birth Rate 20.35
Deaths 1,726
Death-rate 10.51
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age 233
Infant mortality per 1,000 Births 69
Zymotic Death-rate 0.57