Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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District of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Table 10.—
parishes, districts, &C. | Area in statute acre*. | 1861. | 1871. | 1871. | ||||
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Inhabited House. | Population. | Inhabited House. | Population. | Number of Rated House-holders | Rateable Annual Value of Property | |||
Lewisham Board of Works District | Lewisham (including Sydenham Chapelry) | 5774 | 3769 | 22808 | 6118 | 36525 | 5720 | 278206 |
Hamlet of Penge | 770 | 668 | 5015 | 1956 | 13202 | 2168 | 120893 | |
6544 | 4457 | 27823 | 8074 | 49727 | 7888 | 399099 | ||
* From an Official Statement furnished by the Metropolitan Board of Work- |