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ANNUAL REPORT
TO
The Board of Works of the Lewisham District
FOR THE YEAR 1874,
BY
F. EACIIUS WILKINSON, M.D., &c.,
Medical Officer of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
It again devolves upon me, in accordance with the provisions
of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 25 and 26
Vict., chap. 102, to present to you my annual report upon
the sanitary state of the Lewisham District during the year
1874.
In Table I., page 14, will be found the estimated
population to the middle of the year 1874, the number of
inhabited houses in the District at that time, and the births,
deaths, and marriages which have taken place during the
year.
In Table II., page 15, the annual rate of mortality per
1000 living persons, the death rates amongst children of
various ages, and the per centage of deaths in public institutions
during the last eleven years.
In Table III., pages 16 to 21, the deaths registered at
several groups of ages, from different causes during the year
1874.
In Table IV., page 22, the mortality from certain classes
of diseases, and the proportion to population, and to 1000
deaths in 1874.