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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 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE II.Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the year 1888, and 10 years preceding.

TABLE II.

Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions, for the year 1888, and 10 years preceding.

In the yearBirth Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Corrected Death Tate Per 1,000 of the PopulationDeaths of Children under 1 year . par 1 ,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year. per l.000 of Total DeathsDeaths of Children under 5 years: per 1,000 of Total DeathsDeaths In Public Iustitutions; per l.000 of Total Death*.
188835.524.6207.299.494.218.
188735.024.7176250431240
184634.425.0178244442170
188536.025.4162230420252
183437.023.3139224425181
188338.025.0165250464160
188238.825.0150240470161
188137.024.3148232417180
188028.026.2170240475162
187936.025.9170250457160
187835.024.7160250450171
Average of 10 yes. 1878-87.36.524.9161241445184