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R E POR T
TO
The Board of Work for the Lewisham District,
TO THE END OF THE YEAR, 1881,
BY
F. EACHUS WILKINSON M.D., &c.,
Medical Officer of Health for the District.
Gentlemen,
The estimated population of the Lewisham District at
the middle of the year 1881 amounted to 71,508 persons,
resident in 11,400 houses.
This will closely approach the enumerated population,
71,702.
The Tables illustrating this Report are as under:—
Table I. gives the estimated population, the number of
inhabited houses, and the births, deaths, and marriages which
have taken place in the District during the year 1881 and
the 10 previous years.
Table II. gives the annual rate of mortality, death rates
amongst children, and death rates at the several public
institutions in the District.
Table III. gives the deaths registered at several groups
of ages from different causes during the year.
Table IV. gives the mortality from certain classes of
diseases, and the proportions to population, and to 1,000
deaths in 1881.
Table V. gives the number of deaths in the 10 years,