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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 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VIII.The Area Census Population in1861and1871,Estimated Population in1880,and Mortality in variousMetropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.

TABLE VIII.

The Area Census Population in1861and1871,Estimated Population in1880,and Mortality in various

Metropolitan Districts and in England and Wales, &c.

Places.Area in Square Miles.Enumerated Population.Population estimated to the middle of 1880.Average Annual Mortality per 1,000 in the 10 years 1861.70.Annual Rate of Mortality in 1880.
1861.1871.
Metropolitan and City Police Districts698.03,223,9423,885,6414,619,65223.621.0
Registration London122.02,803,9693,254,2603,664,14924.422.2
Districts outside Regis-tration London583.9419,953633,209955,50318.716.2
England and Wales58,31920,066,22422,704,10825,480,16122.420.7
Scotland31,3243,062,2943,358,6133,661,292
Ireland32,5245,798,9675,402,7595,363,590