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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 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VII.The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population,1887,with the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub-district in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising"The Lewisham District."

TABLE VII.

The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population,1887,with the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub-district in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet of Penge, together comprising"The Lewisham District."

Registrars’ Sub-districtsNumber of Inhabited Houses, Midsummer, 1887.Estimated Population.Number of Births, 1887Birth Rate per 1000.Number of Deaths 1887Rate of Mortality per 1000.
Black heath, the part of Lewisham Parish in the sub-district of Lee1133696814620.89711.0
Lewisham, the part of Lewisham Parish in the Sub-district of Lewisham Village45032769386031.044416.0
Sydenham Chapelry50683110789028.641013.1
Parish or Lewisham1069465768189628.895114.4
Hamlet of Penge31062065545822.124011.1
The Lewisham District1380086423235427.2119113.7