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NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Estimated Population, 1927 188,600
Population, Census, 1921 174,194
Area, acres 7,015
Inhabited Houses, 1921 34,420
Number of Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921 43,685
Rateable Value (as per County of London Valuation,
6th April, 1927) £1,314,887
Estimated produce of a penny rate £5,334
The Borough of Lewisham is to a large extent a residential
one, the majority of the householders being employed elsewhere.
There are a few factories in the district.
Summary of Vital Statistics.
Births — Legitimate 2,755
„ Illegitimate 93
Total 2,848
Eirth-rate 15.1
Deaths 2,083
Death-rate 11.0
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth: —
From Sepsis 4
From other causes 2
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births: —
Legitimate 43
Illegitimate 139
Total 46
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 7
„ Diarrhœa under 2 years of age) 9