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In Lewisham, births 976; deaths 579.
Sydenham, „ 934; „ 514.
Penge, „ 483; „ 292.
Blackheath ,, 142; „ 111.
The number of deaths in public institutions in the District
amounted to 157, or 8 less than in the previous year.
There were 189 deaths in the Lewisham Union Infirmary,
but only 135 were those of persons belonging to the District;
of these 85 were residents in Lewisham Village ; 46 were of
residents in the Sydenham Ohapelry; 3 belonged to Lee;
and one only to Penge. There were 54 deaths of persons
who did not belong to this District.
Lewisham Union Infirmary . . 135 deaths.
Lower Sydenham Home for Sick
Children 9 „
St. John's Hospital, Blackheath 7 „
North Surrey District Schools, Penge 2 „
Watermans' Asylum, Penge 4 „
Death rate for 1895, 14.4 per 1000, as compared with
14'0 per 1,000 in the previous year.
During the same period the death rate in England and
Wales was 18 7 per 1,000, which shows an increase of 2T
per 1,000 on the low rate in the previous year; but is 0'2
below the average of the last ten years
The death rate for London for 1895 was 19.8 per 1000.
The death rate of the " Outer Ring " of suburban districts,
with a population of over a million and a-half, was
145 per 1,000.
The death rate of the thirty-three great towns of
England and Wales, with a population of more than ten
millions arid a half, averaged 20.6 per 1,000, ranging from
14.5 in Croydon to 28.8 in Liverpool.
Zymotic Disease.
The number of deaths from the 7 principal Zymotic
Diseases was 156, as compared with 202 in the previous year.
In each of the seven diseases there was a considerable