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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE I.Table showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the Year 1889, and 10 years preceding.

TABLE I.

Table showing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the Year 1889, and 10 years preceding.

Population estimated at the middle of the year 1889.Estimated No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected No. of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
Total All Ages.Under One Year.Under Five Years.
60,0008,0124112,1091,363336582467
1888...4202,8041,441431712315
1887...4202,0641,450363626349
1886...4002,0161,470360650219
1885...4082,1241,490345625376
1884...4492,2021,369306584219
1883...4942,1531,478367687247
1882...4682,2751,469352693237
1881...4682,1761,428322595258
1880...4842,2101,540371732250
1879...5042,2861,484390711250
Average of l0 yre. 1879-88....4512,1591,461360661278