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1861 and 1871, the estimated population in 1878, and
mortality in various Metropolitan Districts, and in England
and Wales, &c.
In Table IX. (page 19), the population, persons to an
acre, births and deaths, annual birth and death rates, mean
temperature and rainfall, in the year 1878, in London and
twenty-two other large towns of the United Kingdom, and
the Lewisham District.
In Table X. (page 20,) the number of children between
the ages of 3 and 13 years of age attending public elementary
and certified efficient schools in the Parish of Lewisham,
including the Hamlet of Penge, during the year ending
December, 1878.
Marriages.
During the year ending the 31st of December, 1878,
275 marriages took place in the parish of Lewisham, of
which 216 were solemnized in the several Church of England
churches in the parish, 35 in Nonconformist chapels, and
24 at the Register Office.
One hundred and ten marriages took place in the
Ilamlet of Penge, of which 94 were solemnized in Church of
England churches, 7 in Nonconformist chapels, and 9 at the
Register Office.
Births.
The registered births in the district during the 52 weeks
of the year 1878 amounted to 2,121; males 1,081, females
1,040, showing an increase of 139 births over that of the
number registered during the year 1877.
The birth rate to population was 33.37 per 1,000.
In the United Kingdom 1,152,525 births were registered
during the year 1878, equal to a birth rate of 34.0 per 1,000
persons estimated to be living in the middle of the year.
In London 129,184 births were registered, the annual
birth rate being 36.2 per 1,000.
In England and Wales 891,418 births were registered,
the annual birth rate being 359 per 1,000.
The natural increase of population in the United Kingdom
by excess of births over deaths was 430,360.