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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 IX.
| CITIES and BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1879. | Persons to an acre, middle 1879. | Births in 53 Weeks ending 3rd Jan., 1880. | Deaths in 53 Weeks ending 3rd Jan., 1880 | Annual Rate per 1000 living of | Mean Temi-e- kati-re in 52 Weeks, ending 27th Dec., 1879. | Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 27th Dec., 1879 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in 53 Weeks ending 3rd Jan., l880. | Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year. | Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 3rd Jan., 1880. | |||||||||||
| 1875. | | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | ||||||||||
| In 23 Towns of the United Kingdom | 8,502,896 | 38 6 | 312,395 | 202,265 | 36.2 | 26.4 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 24.4 | ... | 23.4 | o 45.4 | Inches. 29.70 |
| London | 3,620,868 | 48 0 | 134,096 | 85,540 | 36.5 | 23 7 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 23.5 | ... | 23 3 | 46.2 | 31.25 |
| Brighton | 105,608 | 449 | 3,198 | 2,033 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 21.2 | ... | 190 | 46.4 | 30.76 |
| Portsmouth | 131,821 | 29.4 | 4,247 | 2,239 | 31.7 | 19.6 | 22.1 | 17.4 | 190 | ... | 16.7 | ... | ... |
| Norwich | 85,222 | 11.4 | 2,947 | 1,903 | 34.1 | 24.6 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 24.6 | ... | 22 0 | ... | ... |
| Plymouth | 74,293 | 53.3 | 2,372 | 1,692 | 31.4 | 20.7 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 25.3 | ... | 22.4 | 44.9 | 42.59 |
| Bristol | 209,947 | 47.2 | 7,639 | 4,493 | 35.8 | 26.9 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 21.4 | ... | 21.1 | ... | ... |
| Wolverhampton | 75,100 | 221 | 2,908 | 1,735 | 38.1 | 24.8 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 23.3 | ... | 09.7 | 43.4 | 30.91 |
| Birmingham | 388,884 | 46.3 | 15,849 | 8,766 | 40.1 | 26.6 | 22.7 | 24.2 | 25.5 | ... | 22.2 | ... | ... |
| Leicester | 125,622 | 39.3 | 4,788 | 2,758 | 37.0 | 26.7 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 20.8 | ... | 21.6 | 45.0 | 26.91 |
| Nottingham | 169,396 | 170 | 6,193 | 3,891 | 36.0 | 26.4 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 210 | ... | 22.6 | 44.9 | 27.27 |
| Liverpool | 53s,338 | 103.3 | 21,277 | 14,818 | 38.9 | 276 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 29.4 | ... | 27.1 | 45.3 | 25.13 |
| Manchester | 361,819 | 84.3 | 13,345 | 9,882 | 36.3 | 300 | 29.2 | 27.4 | 279 | ... | 26.9 | ... | ... |
| Salford | 177,849 | 34.4 | 7,240 | 4,494 | 40.1 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 25.1 | 25 6 | ... | 24.9 | ... | • • • |
| Oldham | 111,318 | 23.9 | 3,912 | 2,451 | 34.6 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 24.2 | 25.8 | ... | 21.7 | ... | ... |
| Bradford | 191,046 | 26 5 | 6,378 | 4,106 | 32.9 | 27.2 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 22.5 | ... | 21.2 | 44.5 | 27.78 |
| Leeds | 311,860 | 14.5 | 11,697 | 7,150 | 36.9 | 26.5 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 23.8 | ... | 22.6 | 44.9 | 25.14 |
| Sheffield | 297,188 | 151 | 10.822 | 6,422 | 35.9 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 21.9 | 250 | ... | 21.3 | 44.8 | 30.02 |
| Hull | 146,347 | 40.3 | 5,885 | 3,311 | 39.6 | 275 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 24.3 | ... | 22.3 | 44.3 | 28.21 |
| Sunderland | 114,57.) | 41.4 | 4,579 | 2,552 | 39.3 | 22.5 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 25.6 | ... | 21.9 | 46.1 | 26.29 |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 146,948 | 27.4 | 5,498 | 3,5.24 | 36.8 | 26.1 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 23.8 | ... | 23.6 | ... | • • • |
| Edinburgh | 226,075 | 53.9 | 7,530 | 4,516 | 32.8 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 211 | 221 | ... | 19.7 | 43.9 | ... |
| Glasgow | 578,156 | 95.8 | 20,020 | 12,754 | 34.1 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 24.9 | ... | 21.7 | 45.8 | ... |
| Dublin | 314,666 | 31.3 | 9,993 | 11,235 | 31.3 | 27.0 | 25.8 | 280 | 29.6 | ... | 351 | 46.4 | 28.01 |
| Lewisham District | | 67,084 | | 10.14 | | 2,106 | | 963 | | 31.39 | | 16.40 | 16.33 | 14.89 | 16.65 | ... | 14.35 | 46.2 | 31.25 |