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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 IX.
| CITIES AND BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1880. | Persons to an acre, middle 1880. | Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1881. | Death in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1881. | Annual Rate per 1000 living of | Mean Temperature in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1881. | Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1881. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in 52 Weeks ending 1st Jan., 1881. | Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year. | Deaths in 52 Weeks, ending 1st Jan., 1880. | ||||||||||
| 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | |||||||||
| In 23 Towns of the United Kingdom | 7,499,468 | 37.5 | 269,673 | 169,382 | 36.1 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 47.9 | Inches. 32.57 |
| London | 3,064,149 | 48.6 | 132,173 | 81,128 | 36.2 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 22.2 | 49.1 | 29.09 |
| Brighton | 107,321 | 45.6 | 3,207 | 2,094 | 30.0 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 486 | 29.37 |
| Portsmouth | 134,224 | 29.9 | 4,399 | 2,507 | 32.9 | 22 .1 | 17.4 | 19.0 | 16 .7 | 18.7 | ... | ... |
| Norwich | 85,827 | 11.5 | 2,948 | 2,113 | 34.5 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 24.6 | 22.0 | 24.7 | ... | ... |
| Plymouth | 74,993 | 53.8 | 2,353 | 1,837 | 31.6 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 25.3 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 50.4 | 29. 47 |
| Bristol | 213,536 | 48.0 | 7,195 | 4,276 | 33.8 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 48.1 | 37.03 |
| Wolverhampton | 75,970 | 22.4 | 2,802 | 1,598 | 37.0 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 21.1 | 45.6 | 29.44 |
| Birmingham | 394,738 | 47.0 | 15,196 | 8,172 | 38.6 | 22.7 | 24.2 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 20.8 | ... | ... |
| Leicester | 129,912 | 40.6 | 4,830 | 2,988 | 37.3 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 23.1 | ... | ... |
| Nottingham | 173,627 | 17.4 | 6,419 | 4,339 | 37.1 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 47.8 | 35.54 |
| Liverpool | 544,056 | 104.4 | 20,783 | 14,811 | 38.3 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 29.4 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 47.7 | 30.70 |
| Manchester | 363,130 | 84.6 | 12,775 | 9,185 | 35.3 | 29.9 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 26.9 | 25.4 | ... | ... |
| Salford | 185,786 | 3o.9 | 7,102 | 4,786 | 38.4 | 28.3 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 25.8 | ... | ... |
| Oldham | 115,413 | 24.7 | 3,854 | 2,676 | 33.5 | 260 | 24.2 | 25.8 | 21.7 | 23.3 | ... | ... |
| Bradford | 197,196 | 27.3 | 6,343 | 4,109 | 32.3 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 47.3 | 36.51 |
| Leeds | 318,929 | 14.8 | 11,634 | 6,688 | 35.7 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 23.8 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 47.6 | 33.27 |
| Sheffield | 304,938 | 15.5 | 10.723 | 6,410 | 35.3 | 24.3 | 21.9 | 25.0 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 47.4 | 39.75 |
| Hull | 149,627 | 41.2 | 5,650 | 3,532 | 37.9 | 22.9 | 21.7 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 23.7 | 46.4 | 34.15 |
| 116,730 | 42.2 | 4,282 | 2,860 | 36.8 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 25.6 | 21.9 | 24.6 | 49.1 | 26.99 | |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | 149,366 | 27.8 | 5,320 | 3,273 | 35.7 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 22.0 | ... | |
| Edinburgh | 229,839 | 54.8 | 7,505 | 4,928 | 32.8 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 21.5 | ... | |
| Glasgow | 589,598 | 97.7 | 18,773 | 13,278 | 31.9 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 21.7 | 22.6 | ... | |
| Dublin | 314,666 | 31.3 | 10,060 | 11,308 | 32.1 | 25.8 | 28.0 | 29.6 | 35.1 | 36.1 | 47.7 | 37.12 |
| Lewisham District | 67,465 | 10.20 | 2,127 | 1,054 | 31.52 | 16.40 | 16.33 | 14.89 | 16.65 | 15.62 | 49.1 | 29.09 |