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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VIII.The AreaCensus Population in1861and1871,Estimated Population in1879,and Mortality in variousMetropolitan Districts and in England and If'ales, fye.

TABLE VIII.

The AreaCensus Population in1861and1871,Estimated Population in1879,and Mortality in variousMetropolitan Districts and in England and If'ales, fye.

Places.Area in Square Miles.Enumerated Population.Population estimated to the middle of 1879.Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861-70.Annual Rate of Mortality in 1879.
1861.1871.
Metropolitan and City Police Districts698.03,223,9423,885,6414,534,04023.622.0
Registration London122.02,803,9893,254,2603,620,86824.4233
Districts outside Regis-tration London583.9419,953633,209913,17218.716.3
England and "Wales58,31920,066,22422,704,10825,165,33622.421.0
Scotland31,3243,062,2943,358,6133,627,453
Ireland32,5245,798,9675,402,7595,363,324