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trust, prevent any epidemic of Cholera in 1893 in this
country.
Population.
The population of tho Lewisham District, at the Census
of 1891, was found to be 92,647, occupying 15,643 houses,
giving an average of 5-9 inmates to each inhabited house.
The number of inhabited houses at Midsummer, 1892, was
l5,968, and the population estimated at 94,210.
Births.
The registered births in the District in the year 1892
amounted to 2,436, or 85 less than in the previous year; of
these 94, or 3 4, were illegitimate.
Males 1,226
Females 1,210
The birth rate to population was 25.8 per 1,000. In
London it was 30.9, the lowest as yet recorded, with the
exception of the year 1890, when it was only 30.7.
The birth rate in England and Wales during the year
was 30.5 per 1,000 living, a rate lower than that recorded in
any previous year excepting 1890.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Lewisham
District for the year 1891 was 1,397, being 42 more than
the number registered during the previous year.
Males 691
Females 706
The deuth rate was 14.8 per 1000.
The number of deaths in public institutions amounted
to 161, a decrease of 4 on the previous year.
Lewisham Workhouse 132 deaths.
St. John's Hospital, Blackheath 8 „
Lower Sydenham Home for Sick
Children 11 „
North Surrey District Schools . 5 „
Watermans' Asylum, Penge . 5 „