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Lewisham 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE I.— Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the Year1899and10years preceding.(gross numbers).

TABLE I.— Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the Year1899

and10years preceding.

(gross numbers).

The Year.1Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected No. of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Total All Age.Under One Year.Under Five Years
18991306222200790930611818458617425
18981192402008988927731670459637358
18971120001886170626881370336483291
18961078181*15670225591482350516297
18951035491743464225351496356515256
18941002001698365224301404333516247
1893971601646865124691468308459232
1892942101596859724361476345502240
1891926471564358125211355
1890905641509457622591320..
1889908121450353823191126......
Average of 10 years, 1889—18981008201701965324991416......

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NOTES.
1. Population according to Census, 1891, 93,046.
2. Average No. of Persons in each House at Census 1891, Penge 6.1, Lewisham 5.9.
3. Area of District in acres, 6544.
*For statistical purposes the Registrar.General estimates the population to the middle of the year on the basis of the rate
of increase ruling between the two preceding Census periods. The estimate of population may be checked by the known number
of inhabited houses, and by the average number of inmates per house, as ascertained at the preceding Census.