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Lee 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lee]
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Metropolis Local Management Acts, and
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
LEE & KIDBROOK.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR 1896.
To the Board of Works for the Lee District
Gentlemen,
1. I beg to present my annual report on the Sanitary condition
of the parishes of Lee and Kidbrook, for the year ending December
31st, 1896.
Leu.
2. The population of the parish estimated for the year
amounts to 17,000.
The Births amount to 329.
Males 178
Females 151
329
Giving a birth rate of 19 per 1,00C. In the year 1895 there
were 305 births. The deaths amount to 188; giving a death