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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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| CITIES AND BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1877. | Persons to an acre, middle 1877. | Births in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec., 1877. | Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877. | Annual Rate per 100 living of | Mean Tempe rature in 52 Weeks, ending 19th Dec., 1877. | Ralnfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 19th Dec., 1877. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877. | Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year. | Deaths in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec.,\ 1877. | |||||||||||
| 1872 | 1873 | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. | |||||||||
| In 23 Towns of the United Kingdom | 8,180,497 | 38.4 | 301,722 | 187,228 | 37.0 | 24.2 | 24.3 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 48.3 | Inches. 35.18 |
| London | 3,533,484 | 46.9 | 127,257 | 77,002 | 36.1 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 49.7 | 26.81 |
| Brighton | 102,264 | 43.4 | 3,001 | 1,907 | 29.4 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 49.4 | 34.76 |
| Portsmouth | 127,141 | 28.3 | 4,089 | 2,199 | 32.3 | 22.9 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 17.4 | 50.6 | 27.55 |
| Norwich | 84,023 | 11.2 | 2,806 | 1,765 | 33.5 | 26.3 | 21.5 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 49.0 | 27.53 |
| Plymouth | 72.911 | 62.3 | 2,227 | 1,673 | 30.7 | 22.3 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 50.3 | 42.38 |
| Bristol | 202.950 | 46.6 | 7.291 | 4,415 | 36.0 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 22.7 | 26.8 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 49.1 | 38.59 |
| Wolverhampton | 73,880 | 21.6 | 2,852 | 1,768 | 39.0 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 40.2 | 29.57 |
| Birmingham | 877,486 | 44.9 | 16,037 | 9,104 | 42.6 | 23.0 | 24.9 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 22.7 | 24.2 | ... | ... |
| Leicester | 117,461 | 36.7 | 4,704 | 2,513 | 40.2 | 26.8 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 26.6 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 48.4 | ... |
| Nottingham | 95,025 | 47.6 | 3,457 | 2,172 | 36.5 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 23.5 | 22.9 | 47.7 | 29.68 |
| Liverpool | 527,083 | 101.2 | 20,333 | 13,904 | 38.7 | 27.1 | 25.9 | 32.0 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 48.1 | 38.91 |
| Manchester | 359,213 | 83.7 | 13,798 | 9,810 | 38.5 | 28.6 | 30.1 | 30.4 | 29.9 | 29.2 | 37.4 | ... | ... |
| Salford | 102,978 | 31.5 | 6,866 | 4,079 | 42.3 | 25.8 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 31.5 | 31.9 | 25.1 | 46.9 | 44.87 |
| Oldham | 103,559 | 22.2 | 4,003 | 2,495 | 38.8 | 31.1 | 25.8 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 24.2 | ... | ... |
| Bradford | 179,315 | 24.8 | 6,797 | 3,921 | 38.0 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 47.3 | 40.15 |
| Leeds | 298,189 | 13.8 | 11,908 | 6,630 | 40.1 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 26.4 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 47.6 | 41.39 |
| Sheffield | 282,130 | 14.4. | 10,859 | 6,154 | 38.6 | 26.0 | 95.8 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 21.9 | 48.0 | 35.06 |
| Hull | 140,002 | 38.5 | 5,822 | 3,032 | 41.7 | 26.1 | 93.9 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 47.0 | 32.89 |
| Sunderland | 110,382 | 33.4. | 4,501 | 2,491 | 40.9 | 2.65 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 48.4 | 30.38 |
| Newcastle . on . Tyne | 142,231 | 26.5 | 5,602 | 3,178 | 39.5 | 26.3 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 26.1 | 22.8 | 22.4 | ... | ... |
| Edinburgh | 218,729 | 52.9, | 7,230 | 4,595 | 33.2 | 26.5 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 49.1 | 42.87 |
| Glasgow | 555,933 | 92.1 | 20,958 | 13,736 | 37.8 | 28.4 | 291 | 31.1 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 24.8 | ... | ... |
| Dublin | 314,666 | 31.3 | 9,325 | 8,795 | 29.7 | 28.5 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 28.0 | 49.5 | 30.26 |
| Lewisham District | 61,185 | 9.3 | 1,982 | 911 | 32.3 | 14.84 | 14.52 | 15.03 | 16.40 | 16.33 | 14.8 | ... | 26.9 |