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Lewisham 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE VII.
The number of Inhabited Houses, The Estimated Population, 1876,
with the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub.
districts in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together
comprising " The Lewisham District."
Registrars' Sub.districts.
Number
of Inhabited
Houses,
Midsummer,
1876.
Estimated
Population.
Number
of
Births,
1876.
Birth
Rate
per
1000.
Number
of
Deaths
1876.
Rate of
Mortality
per
1000.
Blackhath, the part of
Law wisham Parish in tho
Sub.district of Lee
1107
6808
181
26.58
108
15.86
Lewisham, tho part of
Lewisham Parian in the
Sub.district of Lrwisham
Village
2654
16322
551
33.76
275
16.85
Sydenham Chapelry
3514
21611
755
34.94
363
16.80
Parish or Lewisham
7275
44741
1487
33.24
746
16.67
Hamlet of Penge
2520
15498
470
30.33
238
15.36
The Lewisham District
9795
60239
1957
32.41
984
16.33