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To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan
Borough of Lewisliam.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report on the Vital
Statistics and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for tbe year 1903.
Examination of the statistical figures contained herein
shows that the health of the district is highly satisfactory.
The corrected death rate from all causes amounted to 11.1 per
1,000, a marked decrease over that for the preceding year, 13.7
per 1,000.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
occupies a high position, and has the lowest death rate except
Hampstead.
In addition to the general death rate, the mortality among
Infants, and the death rates from Phthisis and the principal
Epidemic Diseases, offer valuable evidence in regard to the
healthiness of any locality. In these respects Lewisham is most
fortunate; the Infantile Mortality, 92 per 1,000 births, and the
death rate from Phthisis, 0.74 per 1,000, were the second lowest
in London, and the mortality from the principal Zymotic
Diseases (0.82) was the lowest of the ten South Metropolitan
Boroughs. Lewisham, therefore, may justly be considered one
of the healthiest districts in the Metropolis.
During the year special attention has been given to the
subject of the Housing of the Working Classes, and from the
reports contained herein, it will be seen that Lewisham has the
lowest percentage of persons living in one, two, and threeroomed
homes of any district in London. The percentage of
of the population living in homes of less than five rooms is also
the lowest.