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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 VIII.The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1877, and Mortality in variousMetropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.

TABLE VIII.

The Area, Census Population in 1861 and 1871, Estimated Population in 1877, 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 1877.Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861.70.Annual Rate of Mortality in 1877.
1861.1871.
Metropolitan and City Police Districts698.03,223,9423,885,6414,367,54723.620.7
Registration London122.02,803,9893,254,2603,583,48424.421.9
Districts outside Regis. tration London583.9419,953633,209834,06318.716.0
England and Wales58,31920,066,22422,704,10824,547,80922.420.4
Scotland31,3243,062,2943,358,6138,560,715
Ireland32,5245,798,9675,402,7595,336,395