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Lewisham 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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6752
ench
TO THE
BOARD OF WORKS
for the
LIMEHOUSE DISTRICT.
GENTLEMEX,
I hare the honour to submit to you my Report on the
health and Sanitary condition of the Limehouse District for the year
1885.
The number of Births registered in the District daring that
period was 2,121, a number somewhat lower than the average for
the ten yean 1875-84. The Birth rate wan 36 per 1,000, the
Metropolitan Birth rata having been 32.6 per 1,000 of the
population.
The Deaths in the District during the year exclusive of those
of non-residents which occurred in Public Institutions situated
in the District, but inclusive of those residents which occurred in