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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 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE I.Population Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages. (gross number)

TABLE I.

Population Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages. (gross number)

Population Estimated at the middle of the Year 1877.*No. of Inhabited Houses in Parish or District.Births.Deaths.Marriages.
18776118599491982911437
18766023997951957984419
18755811194491878953376
18745600291061752842343
18735446288561779791329
18725308581741693788
18715002276441574815
18704742272701568806
18694733871771555756
18684372766931513761
18674341466371424636
Avreage of 10 years, 1867-1876...1669.3813.2

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NOTES.
1. Population according to Census, 1871, 49727.
2. Area in acres, 6544.
3. Average Is umber of Persons in each house according to Census 1871, 6*16.
purposes the Registrar-General estimates the population to
c middle ot each year, taking as the basis the rate ol increase ruling between
e wo pieeeuing Census periods. The estimate of population here is calculated
rom c known number ot inhabited houses at the middle of the year, and the
*1 nu inm^tes per house, as ascertained by the preceding Census of