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3
Church of England Churches, 16 in Dissenting Chapels, and
5 at the Registrar's Office.
Births.
The Registered Births in the District in the year 1883
amounted to 2,340.
Males 1,206.
Females 1,134.
The Birth Rate to population was 30.16 per 1,000.
In London 133,656 births were registered, the annual
Birth Rate being 33.9 per 1,000, being the lowest birth rate
for 20 years, that is, since 1862, in which year the rate was
34.2.
In England and Wales 889,815 were registered, the
annual Birth Rate being 33 2 per 1,000.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over
deaths in the Lewisham district was 1,288.
Deaths.
The number of Deaths registered in the Lewisham
District during the year 1883 was 1,052, being 40 less than
the number registered during the previous year.
The annual rate of mortality per 1,000 was 13.56.
The annual rate of mortality of England and Wales in
the year 1883 was 19.5.
In the Metropolitan and City Police Districts 19.7.
In Registration London, 20.4; and in the district outside
Registration London, 167 per 1,000.
By reference to Table III., which gives the mortality
registered at several groups of ages, it will be seen that, of
the 1,052 Deaths registered from all causes in 1883, 419