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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 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion ofDeaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1898 and 10 years preceding.

TABLE II.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of

Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1898 and 10 years preceding.

In the YearBirth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate per 1000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years: per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1000 of Total Deaths.
189823.314.00165.4274.8377.8214.3
189724.012.23125.7246.7352.5212.4
189623.713.75136.7236.1348.1200.0
189524.514.44140.4238.0345.6171.1
189424.214.00137.0237.1367.5175.9
189325.415.10124.7209.8312.6158*0
189225.815.60140.0245.0351.4162.6
189127.214.62117.4218.0332.1121.7
189024.913.97139.8239.3364.3109.8
188925.512.39126.7261.1370.3123.4
188825.613.43126.6240.6385.892.1
Average of 10 years, 1888—189725.013.95131.5237.1353.0152.7