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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 1881
[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 1881. | Persons to an acre, middle 1881. | Births in 52 Weeks ending 31st Dec., 1881. | Death* in 52 Weeks ending 31st Dec. 1851 | Annual Rati per 1000 living of | Meax Tempe-Rature in 52 Weeks, ending 31st Dec., 1881. | Rainfall in inches in 52 Weeks, ending 31st Dec., 1881. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in 52 Wecks ending 31st Dec., 1881 | Deaths in 52 or 53 Weeks in each year. | Deaths in 53 Week, ending 31st Deo., 1881. | ||||||||||
| 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | |||||||||
| In 20 Towns of the United Kingdom | 7,610,217 | 38.0 | 270,040 | 164,854 | 35.6 | 22.7 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 21.7 | o 47.0 | Inches. 30.13 |
| London | 3,831,719 | 50.8 | 132,674 | 81,071 | 34.7 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 48.8 | 25.24 |
| Brighton | 107,953 | 45.9 | 3,287 | 2,048 | 30.6 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 47.9 | 29.21 |
| Portsmouth | 128,372 | 28.6 | 4,398 | 2,515 | 34.4 | 18.0 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 19.7 | ... | ... |
| Norwich | 88,057 | 11.8 | 2,950 | 1,707 | 33.6 | 20.7 | 24.3 | 21.7 | 24.3 | 19.5 | ... | ... |
| Plymouth | 73,926 | 53.0 | 2,407 | 1,463 | 32.7 | 22.0 | 25.8 | 22.9 | 25.1 | 19.9 | 49.1 | 33.13 |
| Bristol | 207,522 | 46.6 | 7,140 | 4,054 | 34.5 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 19.6 | 47.4 | 32.23 |
| Wolverhampton | 75,936 | 22.4 | 2,721 | 1,604 | 3.59 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 45.2 | 25.92 |
| Birmingham | 402.314 | 47.9 | 14,908 | 8,009 | 37.2 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 20.0 | ... | ... |
| Leicester | 123,146 | 38.5 | 4,711 | 2,678 | 38.4 | 22.6 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 46.9 | 26.51 |
| Nottingham | 187.964 | 18.9 | 6,871 | 4,193 | 36.7 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 21.6 | 23.8 | 99.4 | 467 | 27.49 |
| Liverpool | 554,073 | 106.3 | 20,762 | 14,733 | 37.6 | 26.3 | 29.2 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 47.0 | 29.84 |
| Manchester | 341,173 | 79.5 | 12,549 | 8,664 | 36.9 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 96.9 | 25.5 | ... | ... |
| Salford | 177,762 | 34.4 | 6,880 | 4,008 | 38.8 | 26.4 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 98.0 | 22.6 | ... | ... |
| Oldham | 112,176 | 24.0 | 3,957 | 2,548 | 35.4 | 25.1 | 27.0 | 92.8 | 24.7 | 22.8 | ... | ... |
| Bradford | 184,035 | 25.5 | 6,058 | 3,612 | 33.0 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 22.9 | 29.9 | 19.7 | 46.3 | 35.57 |
| Leeds | 310,483 | 14.4 | 11,379 | 6,675 | 36.8 | 23.0 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 22.0 | 91.6 | 46.8 | 31.85 |
| Sheffield | 285,619 | 14.5 | 10,820 | 5,993 | 38.0 | 23.1 | 26.6 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 21.1 | 46.5 | 33.88 |
| Hull | 155,122 | 42.7 | 5,634 | 3,677 | 36.4 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 45.3 | 30.95 |
| Sunderland | 117,018 | 42 3 | 4,587 | 2,439 | 39.3 | 22.9 | 25.9 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 20.9 | 47.4 | 29.95 |
| Newcastle - on - Tyne | 145,811 | 27.1 | 5,347 | 3,163 | 36.8 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 22.8 | 21.8 | ... | ... |
| Edinburgh | 229,012 | 54.6 | 7,343 | 4,607 | 32.2 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 20.2 | 45.9 | 32.25 |
| Glasgow | 512,034 | 84.9 | 19,077 | 12,902 | 37.4 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 21.7 | 99.6 | 25.3 | 45.4 | 31.65 |
| Dublin | 349,506 | 34.8 | 10,155 | 9,424 | 29.1 | 28.0 | 29.6 | 35.1 | 36.1 | 27.1 | 47.2 | 28.37 |
| Lewisham District | 71,508 | 10.92 | | 2,199 | 1,076 | 31.36 | 16.33 14.89 | 16 65 | 15.62 | 15.34 | 48.8 | | 25.24 | |