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Lewisham 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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In Table VII. (page 21), the number of inhabited
houses, the estimated population, 1877, 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.
In Table VIII. (page 22), the area, census population
in 18G1, the estimated population in 1877, with the mortality
in various metropolitan districts, and in England and Wales.
In Table IX. (page 23), the population, persons to an
acre, births and deaths, the annual births and deaths rate,
mean temperature and rain fall, in the year 1877, in London
and 20 other large towns of the United Kingdom.
In Table X. (page 24), the number of children between
the ages of 3 and 13 years attending schools under the supervision
of the London School Board, in the Lewisham
District, during the year ending 31st December, 1877, with
the situation of the schools.
Marriages.
During the year, ending the 31st December, 1877,
329 marriages took place in the Parish of Lewisham, of which
267 were solemnized in the several Church of England Churches
in the parish, 33 in Nonconformist Chapels, and 29 at the
Register office.
108 Marriages took place in the Hamlet of Penge, of
which 100 were solemnized in Church of England Churches,
6 in Nonconformist Chapels, and 2 at the Register office.
Births.
The Registered Births in the District during the 52 weeks
of the year 1877 amounted to 1,982.
Males 1,016.
Females 966.