View report page

2
There were 449 cases of scarlet fever notified, with 11
deaths, as compared with 337 cases notified in 1895, with 9
deaths. There were 67 cases of typhoid notified, with 10
deaths, as compared with 53 cases notified in 1895, with 9
deaths. Small-pox—No notifications; no deaths.
Apart from zymotic disease, 1896 was a healthy year in
this District. There were only 228 deaths from diseases of
the respiratory organs, as compared with 329 in the previous
year; and influenza was only responsible for 11 deaths as
against 61 in 1895, 29 in 1894, 58 in 1893, and 74 in 1892.
Population.
The population of the Lewisham District, at the Census
of 1891, was found to be 92,647, occupying 15,643 houses,
distributed thus — Lewisham Parish, 72,272, occupying
12,317 houses, giving an average of 5.9 persons to each
house; and Hamlet of Penge 20,375, occupying 3,326 houses,
giving an average of 61 persons to each house.
At Midsummer, 1896, there were in Lewisham Parish
14,664 occupied houses, estimated to contain 86,517 persons,
and in the Hamlet of Penge 3,492 occupied houses, estimated
to contain 21,301 persons. Total, 18,156 occupied houses,
and estimated population 107,818, an increase of 15,000 in
the last six years. (Lee—1,224 inhabited houses, and population
7,221. Lewisham Village—6,790 inhabited houses,
and population 40,061. Sydenham— 6,650 inhabited houses,
and population 39,235.)
Births.
The registered births in the District in the year 1896
amounted to 2,559, an increase of 24 on the previous year;
of these 71, or 2.7 per cent., were illegitimate. Of the four
divisions of the District Lewisham shows an increase of 102
births. In all the others there is a decrease of the birth
rate, most marked in Penge. The birth rate to population
was 23.7 per 1000.
Males 1,344
Females 1,215
The birth rate in England and Wales in 1896 was 29.7