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There has been no epidemic of infectious disease during
the year; and in spite of the large number of diphtheria
cases in London, and the fatal epidemic of the same disease
in our near neighbourhood of Croydon, there have been only
49 cases reported during the year, and only 11 deaths. This,
I think, we may consider speaks well for the drainage and
sanitary condition of the District.
Population.
The population of the Lewisham District, as estimated
at the middle of the year 1890, amounted to 94,458, occupying
15,094 houses, as compared with 90,812 occupying
14,503 houses in the previous year. The population at the
census in 1881,was ascertained to be 71,715.
BIRTHS.
The registered births in the District in the year 1890
amounted to 2,259. This number is GO less than the previous
year, and also less than any year since 1881. Of the births
75, or 3'3 per cent., were illegitimate.
Males 1,155
Females 1,104
The birth rate to the population was 23 9 per 1,000.
In London it was 29T per 1,000.
This is the lowest birth rate yet recorded for London,
the rate having fallen continuously year by year since 1879,
when it was 35 5 per 1,000.
The birth rate in England and Wales was 29.7, per