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Lewisham 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table IA.
Population ; Persons to an Acre ; Births and Deaths; Annual Hirth and Death Rates; Mean Temperature
and Rainfall, in the Year 1876, in London and Twenty.two other Large Towns of the United Kingdom.
CITIES
and
BOROUGHS.
Estimated
Population
in the middle
of the Year
1870.
persons
to an acre,
middle
1876
Births
in
52 Weeks
ending
30th Dec.,
1S76.
deaths
in
52 Weeks
ending
30th Dec.,
1876.
Annual Rate per 1000 living of
Mean
Tempe.
rature
in
52 Weeks,
ending
30th Dec.,
1876.
Rainfall
in inches
in
52 Weeks,
ending
30th Dec.,
1876.
Birtbs
In
52 weeks
ending
30th Dec.,
1876.
DEATHS
in 32 or 53 Weeks in
each year.
Deaths
in
52 Weeks,
ending
30th Dec.,
1876.
1876.
1872. |
1873. |
1874.
1873.
In23 Towns of the
United Kingdom
8,028,695
37.7
301,961
189,689
37.7
24.2
24.3
26.3
25.4
23.7
o
48.4
Inches.
33.59
London
3,489,428
46 3
127,016
77.411
36.5
21 4
22.5
22.5
23.7
22.3
501
23.86
Brighton
100,613
427
3,007
1,968
300
20 9
18.8
20 0
22 0
19.6
49.7
31.87
Portsmouth
124,867
27.8
4,047
2,748
32.5
22 9
18 4
20.4
19 6
221
—
—
Norwich
83,430
11.2
2,802
1,823
33.7
26.3
21 6
23 6
24.5
21.9
48 9
2719
Plymouth
72,230
61.8
2,180
1,693
30 3
22 3
19.2
22 4
20.9
221
60.7
4217
Bristol
1119,639
448
7.477
4,491
376
22 0
23.1
22.7
26.8
22.6
500
42.72
Wolverhampton
72,649
21.4
2,857
1,723
39 6
26.9
25 1
23.9
24.7
23.8
48.3
33.88
Birmingham
371,839
44 3
15,843
8.425
42'8
230
24 9
26 8
26.6
22.7
_
—
Leicester
113,681
35 5
4,776
2,614
42.2
| 26.8
24.4
241
26 6
231
491
29.22
Nottingham
93,627
46.9
3,481
2,196
373
25 3
23.2
24.8
27.7
23.6
48.7
28.94
Liverpool
621,544
1001
20,426
14,347
39 3
271
26.9
320
27 5
276
48.2
29.99
Manchester
357,917
83.4
14,188
10,413
39.8
28.6
301
30.4
29 9
29'2
—
Salford
188,425
268
6,806
4,407
49 3
25 8
29 3
29.6
31.5
31.9
47.7
38 09
Oldham
88,609
19 0
3,867
2,593
43.8
311
26.8
29.7
29.6
29.4
—
—
Bradford
173,723
24 1
6,787
4,138
39.2
26.3
24.7
270
271
23.9
480
34.47
Leeds
291,680
13.6
12,147
7,307
41.8
27 9
27.6
28.7
26 4
251
48.8
3115
Sheffield
274,914
140
11,287
6,666
41.2
260
25.8
26.9
24.8
24.3
48.5
38.63
Hull
136,933
377
6,726
3,131
420
261
23.9
25.6
27.4
22.9
481
33 02
Sunderland
108,343
32.8
4,147
2,265
40.9
26.5
22.8
23.4
22 .4
210
48.4
29.21
Newcastle.on.Tyne
139,929
26.1
6,812
3,183
41.7
26.3
301
29.2
26.1
22.8
-
-
Edinburgh
216,146
61.3
7,047
4,391
32.9
26.6
220
23.6
23.7
20.6
-
-
Glasgow
545,144
90.4
20,961
13,769
38.6
28.4
291
311
28.6
25.3
-
-
Dublin
314,666
31.3
9,006
8,097
28.7
28.5
26.7
260
27.0
25.8
49.6
31.49
Lewisham District
60,239
9.2
1,967 |
984
32.41
14.84 |
14.52
1503
16.40
16.33 |
t 501
23.85
25