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Lewisham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
Area of the Borough 7,015 Acres.
Population
Census 1931 219,953.
June 1939 (Registrar General's estimate)
(a) For calculation of Birth Rate 231,000
(b) " " " Death Rate 220,300.
Number of inhabited houses 56,000 (approximate)
Rateable Value (at 1st April 1939) £1,911,096.
Estimated product of a penny rate
for the financial year 1939-40 £7,500.
BIRTHS
Live Births
Total Males Females
Legitimate 3004 1536 1468
Illegitimate 131 65 66
3135 1601 1534
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 13.6
(Rate for London) 12.3
Number of Stillbirths Males 61, Females 51, Total 112.
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 357.
DEATHS
Total 2356. (Males 1129; Females 1227).
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population:Crude
10.69 Corrected 10.79.
Rate for London 11.9.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
Deaths Rate per 1,000
(live and stillbirths
).
Puerperal Sepsis. 2 0.65
Other Puerperal Causes. 7 2.29.
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