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Lewisham 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE VIII.
The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1876, and Mortality in various
Metropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.
Places.
Area in
Square Miles.
Enumerated Population.
Population
estimated
to the
middle of
1876.
Average Annual
Mortality
per 1,000 in the
10 years
1861.70.
Annual
Rate of
Mortality
in 1876.
1861.
1871.
Metropolitan and City
Police Districts
698.0
3,223,942
3,885,641
4,286,607
23.6
21.3
Registration London
122.0
2,803,989
3,254,260
3,489,428
24.4
22.3
Districts outside Regis
tration London
583.9
419,953
'
633,209
797,179
18.7
17.3
England and Wales
58,319
20,066,224
22,704,108
24,244,010
22.4
210
Scotland
31,324
3,062,294
3,358,613
3,527,811
Ireland
32,524
5,798,967
5,402,759
5,321,618