London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Year | Estimated population | Births | Deaths | Deaths under one year | Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The 1951 Census
In the last annual report it was just possible to include (in
appendix D) a short note on the Lewisham statistics as indicated by
a 1 percent sample of the 1951 census. An additional matter which is
of interest deals with the population distribution and marital condition.
Of the males 44,900 were single, 58,100 married and 3,100 widowed
or divorced. Of the females 47,600 were single, 60,300 were married
and 13,600 were widowed or divorced. (The age distribution was set
out in tabular form in appendix D of my last report— page 75). The
proportion of total males to total females is 87 percent and this compares
with 87 percent for London Administrative County, 88 percent for
Greater London and 92 percent for England and Wales.