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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| CITIES and BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1875. | Persons to an acre, middle 1875. | Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876. | Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876. | Annual Rate per 1000 living of | mean Tempe- Rature in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876. | Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1876. | Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year. | Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1876. | ||||||||||
| 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | ||||||||
| In 21 Towns of the United Kingdom | 7,742,889 | 37.0 | 286,978 | 197,011 | 37.1 | 26.9 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 25.4 | o 48.4 | Inches. 32.44 |
| London | 3,445,160 | 45.7 | 122,871 | 81,513 | 35.7 | 24.6 | 21.4 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 23.7 | 49.4 | 27.29 |
| Portsmouth | 122,632 | 27.3 | 4,019 | 2,390 | 32.8 | 19.3 | 22.9 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 19.5 | ||
| Norwich | 82,842 | 11.1 | 2,703 | 2,026 | 32.6 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 21.5 | 23-.5 | 24.5 | 48.3 | 26.65 |
| Bristol | 196,186 | 44.1 | 7,161 | 5,254 | 36.5 | 23.2 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 48.6 | 42.71 |
| Wolverhampton | 71,718 | 21.1 | 2,762 | 1,775 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 25.9 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 48.1 | 37.99 |
| Birmingham | 366,325 | 43.6 | 14,882 | 9,724 | 40.6 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 24.9 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 48.7 | 37.42 |
| Leicester | 109,830 | 34.3 | 4,250 | 2,923 | 38.7 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 26.6 | 48.8 | 33.12 |
| Nottingham | 92,215 | 46.2 | 3,183 | 2,554 | 34.5 | 26.0 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 48.0 | 31.37 |
| Liverpool | 616,063 | 99.1 | 19,873 | 14,169 | 38.5 | 35.1 | 27.1 | 25.9 | 32.0 | 27.5 | 48.2 | 28.74 |
| Manchester | 356,626 | 83.1 | 14,064 | 10,676 | 39.4 | 31.2 | 28.6 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 29.9 | ||
| Salford | 136,720 | 26.3 | 6,421 | 4,271 | 47.3 | 30.4 | 25.8 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 31.6 | 47.9 | 37.76 |
| Oldham | 87,437 | 18.7 | 3,663 | 2,590 | 41.9 | 24.9 | 31.1 | 25.8 | 29.7 | 29.6 | ||
| Bradford | 168,305 | 23.3 | 6,557 | 4,556 | 39.0 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 48.1 | 29.81 |
| Leeds | 285,118 | 13.2 | 11,600 | 7,518 | 40.3 | 26.4 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 26.4 | 48.5 | 27.10 |
| Sheffield | 267,881 | 13.6 | 11,026 | 6,642 | 41.2 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 25.8 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 48.4 | 35.06 |
| Hull | 133,932 | 36.8 | 5,436 | 3,666 | 40.6 | 23.2 | 26.1 | 23.9 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 47.6 | 30.74 |
| Sunderland | 106,342 | 32.2 | 4,501 | 2,386 | 42.3 | 36.5 | 26.5 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 28.07 | |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 137,665 | 25.6 | 6,686 | 3,687 | 40.6 | 32.2 | 26.3 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 26.1 | ||
| Edinburgh | 211.626 | 50.5 | 6,742 | 5,015 | 31.9 | 26.9 | 26.5 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 23.7 | ||
| Glasgow | 534,564 | 88.6 | 20,812 | 15,294 | 38.9 | 32.9 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 28.6 | 47.8 | |
| Dublin | 314,666 | 31.3 | 8,976 | 8,482 | 28.6 | 26.2 | 28.5 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 49.6 | 32.80 |
| Lewisham District | 58,111 | 8.9 | 1,878 | 953 | 32.32 | 16.29 | 14.84 | 14.52 | 15.03 | 16.40 | 49.4 | 27.29 |