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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE I.
Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages.
(gross numbers).
Population Estimated at
the middle of the
Year 1878.*
No. of
Inhabited
Houses in
Parish or
District.
Births.
Deaths.
Marriages.
1878
63553
10334
2121
1058
385
1877
61185
9949
1982
911
437
1876
60239
9795
1957
984
419
1875
58111
9449
1878
953
376
1874
56002
9106
1752
842
343
1873
54462
8856
1779
791
329
1872
53085
8174
1693
788
1871
50022
7644
1574
815
1870
47422
7270
1568
806
1869
47338
7177
1555
756
1868
43727
6693
1513
761
Average of 10 years,
1868—1877
...
1725.1
840.7
NOTES.
1. Population according to Census, 1871, 49727.
2. Area in acres, 6544.
3. Average Number of Persons in each house according to Census 1871, 6.15.
* For statistical purposes the Registrar-General estimates the population to
the middle of each year, taking as the basis the rate of increase ruling between
the two preceding Census periods. The estimate of population here is calculated
from the known number of inhabited houses at the middle of the year, and the
average number of inmates per house, as ascertained by the preceding Census of
1871.