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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 7,015
Population, Census 1921 174,194
„ Estimated at Mid-Year 1924 184,900
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 34,420
,, families or separate occupiers 43,685
Rateable Value, 1924 £1,191,632
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (Estimated 1924-25) £4,850
Births registered 3,066
Birth-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 16.38
Deaths 1,934
Death-rate 10.46
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 146
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 births 47.0