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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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EPITOME OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1914.
Area in acres 7,014
Population :—
Census, 1901 127,495
„ 1911 160,834
Estimated to the middle of 1914 169,211
Average number of persons per house (Census, 1911) 5.6
Births 3,306
Birth Rate 19.5
Deaths 1,888
Death-rate 10.98
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age 243
Infant mortality per 1,000 Births 73.5
Zymotic Death-rate 0.68