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In Table VIII, the area, census population in 1861 and
1871, estimated population in 1879, and the mortality in
various Metropolitan Districts, and in England and Wales, &c.
In Table IX., the population, persons to an acre, births
and deaths, annual birth and death rates, mean temperature
and rainfall, in the year 1879, in London and twenty-two
other large towns of the United Kingdom, and in the Lewisham
District.
In Table X., the numbers of children between the ages
of 3 and 13 years attending public elementary and certified
efficient schools in the Parish of Lewisham, and in the Hamlet
of Penge during the year 1879.
In Table XI., a register of the licensed cow houses in
the district, together with a list of the milk sellers in the
district who have not licenses.
In Table XII., a list of the licensed slaughter houses in
the district.
Marriages.
During the year 1879, 414 marriages took place in the
Parish of Lewisham, of which 354 were solemnized in the
several Church of England Churches in the Parish, 31 in
Noncomformist Chapels, and 29 at the Register Office.
One hundred and six marriages took place in the Hamlet
of Penge, of which 95 were solemnized in Church of England
Churches, 8 in Nonconformist Chapels, and 3 at the Register
Office.
Births.
The registered births in the district in the year 1879
amounted to 2,106; 1,053 males, 1,053 females.
The birth rate to population was 31.39 per 1,000.
In London 134,096 births were registered, the annual
birth rate being 36.5 per 1,000.
In England and Wales 882,866 births were registered,
the annual birth rate being 35.1 per 1,000.
The natural increase of population by excess of births
over deaths in the Lewisham District was 1,143.