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Lewisham 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE I.
Registrar's Sub-districts.
Enumerated Population,
1851.
Enumerated Population,
1861.
Enumerated Population,
(Census) 1871.
Estimated Population as calculated
Logarithmally to the
middle of 1871.
Estimated population at so many
per house, taking the number
per house in 1871.
Number of Inhabited Houses,
1851 (Census).
Number of Inhabited Houses,
1861 (Census).
Number of Inhabited Houses,
middle of 1871.
Average number of persons per
house (1851).
Average number of persons per
house (1861).
Average number of persons per
house (1871).
Average mortality per 1000
population, census 1871.
Blackheath—
(a part of Lewisham Parish
in the Sub-district of Lee)
4466
4841
5938
5247
5603
728
807
937
6.18
6.00
6.33
13.47
Lewisham—
(a part of Lewisham Parish
in the Sub-District of
Lewisham Village
6097
7372
11508
8913
10411
1088
1326
1946
5.6
5.56
5.91
18.77
Sydenham Chapelry
4501
10595
19016
24940
19533
801
1656
2831
5.61
6.40
6.71
16.62
The whole of Lewisham
Parish
15064
22808
36462
39100
35547
2617
3789
5714
5.75
6.01
6.38
16.41
Hamlet of Penge
1169
5015
13201
21510
14475
153
668
1930
7.64
7.50
6.84
15.38
16233
27823
49663
60610
50022
2770
4457
7644