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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 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE I.Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the Year 1886, and 10 years preceding.

TABLE I.

Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the Year 1886, and 10 years preceding.

Population estimated at the middle of the year 1886.Approximate No. of Inhabited Houses in District.Births.Deaths.Marriages.
58,600.8,012.2,016.1,470.400.
18858,0122,1241,490408
18848,0122,2021,369449
18838,0122,1531,478494
18828,0122,2751,469468
18818,0122,1761,428468
18808,0122,2101,540484
18797,8202,2861,554504
18787,8202,2401,484544
18777,8202,1461,513527
18767,8202,1671,518593
Average of 10 yrs. 1876—857,9352,1971,484493