Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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CITIES and BOROUGHS. | Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1883.1 | Persons to an acre, (1883). | Registered in 52 Weeks ending 29th Dec., 1883. | Mean Temperature in 52 Weeks, ending 29th Dec., 1883. | Rainfall in 52 Weeks, ending 29th Dec., 1883. | |
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Births. | Deaths. | |||||
28 Towns | 8,620,975 | 34.4 | 297,921 | 185,347 | ° - | Inches. - |
London | 3,955,814 | 52.5 | 133,656 | 80,578 | 49.4 | 21.98 |
Brighton | 111,262 | 44.3 | 3,237 | 2,131 | 49.0 | 24.13 |
Portsmouth | 131,478 | 30.4 | 4,631 | 2,438 | — | — |
Norwich | 89,612 | 12.0 | 3,046 | 1,754 | — | — |
Plymouth | 74,977 | 51.1 | 2,354 | 1,559 | 49.6 | 33.22 |
Bristol | 212,779 | 45.9 | 6,839 | 3,795 | 48.1 | 32.70 |
Wolverhampton | 77,557 | 22.8 | 2,804 | 1,644 | 45.6 | 29.73 |
Birmingham | 414,846 | 49.4 | 14,716 | 8,824 | - | - |
Leicester | 129,483 | 40.5 | 4,787 | 2,503 | 48.1 | 32.49 |
Nottingham | 199,349 | 20.0 | 7,846 | 4,224 | 47.6 | 30.55 |
Derby | 85,574 | 24.8 | 3,067 | 1,543 | — | — |
Birkenhead | 88,700 | 23.0 | 3,130 | 1,756 | — | — |
Liverpool | 566,753 | 108.8 | 19,907 | 15,074 | — | — |
Bolton | 107,862 | 44.9 | 3,720 | 2,331 | — | — |
Manchester | 339,252 | 79.0 | 12,157 | 9,344 | — | — |
Salford | 190,465 | 36.8 | 6,778 | 4,254 | — | — |
Oldham | 119,071 | 25.2 | 4,185 | 2,611 | — | — |
Blackburn | 108,460 | 15.6 | 4,228 | 2,648 | — | — |
Preston | 98,564 | 26.5 | 3,751 | 2,503 | — | — |
Huddersfield | 84,701 | 8.1 | 2,495 | 1,798 | .— | — |
Halifax | 75,591 | 20.1 | 2,187 | 1,510 | — | — |
Bradford | 204,807 | 19.0 | 5,961 | 3,743 | 47.3 | 34.48 |
Leeds | 321,611 | 14.9 | 11,118 | 7,454 | 48.1 | 31.94 |
Sheffield | 295,497 | 15.0 | 10.812 | 6,755 | — | — |
Hull | 176,296 | 22.3 | 6,458 | 4,006 | 46.8 | 30.27 |
Sunderland | 121,117 | 39.9 | 5,054 | 2,962 | — | — |
Newcastle | 149,464 | 27.8 | 5,478 | 3,792 | — | — |
Cardiff | 90,033 | 12.2 | 3,519 | 1,813 | — | — |
Lewisham District | 77,572 | 11.85 | 2,340 | l,002 | 49.4 | 21.98 |