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1574 births took place in the district during the year,
id the births exceeded the deaths by 759.
The birth rate was 31.69 per 1000 population.
The death rate was 16 41 per 1000 population.
In Blackheath,
The birth rate was 20.55 per 1000 living.
The death rate was 13.47 per 1000 living.
In Lewisham Village,
The birth rate was 36.32 per 1000 living.
The death rate was 18.77 per 1000 living.
And without the Union Workhouse 1641 per
1000 living.
In Sydenham,
The birth rate was 33.52 per 1000 living.
The death rate was 16.62 per 1000 living.
In Penge,
The birth rate was 29.92 per 1000 living.
The death rate was 15.38 per 1000 living.
Table No. II. gives the total mortality of the district for
he post 16 years.
TABLE II.
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
345
375
409
433
455
405
497
533
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
598
552
674
636
761
756
806
815
By reference to Table VI., which records the nature of
the diseases from which the mortality of the year has taken
place, it will be found that the total number of deaths
amounts to 815, viz., 398 males and 417 females. This
includes the deaths of those who have died in public institutions,
viz., in the Union Workhouse, the District Hospital,
and Charitable Institutions in Lewisham Village; and the
North Surrey District School, Royal Naval Asylum, and
Waterman's Asylum in Penge Hamlet.
The Union Workhouse, which takes in the paupers from