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Rotherhithe 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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Table shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages for
the Year 1881 and 10 years preceding.
GROSS NUMBERS.
Population
Estimated at the
middle of the Year
1881*.
No. of Inhabited
Houses in
Parish or District.
Births.
Deaths.
Marriages.
1881
40900
5845
1403
855
323
1880
36425
5675
1391
759
241
1879
33872
5234
1388
908
236
1878
35203
5153
1380
626
225
1877
32343
4946
1344
694
310
1876
31986
4830
1267
633
280
1875
31624
4705
1192
645
267
1874
31264
4502
1209
675
205
1873
•
30905
4464
1069
550
250
1872
30545
4222
1006
533
220
1871
30096
3934
903
527
209
Average of 10 years
1870—1879.
5351
1355
740
276
NOTES.
Population at Census 1881—40,900.
Area in acres—886.
Average No. of Persons in each house at Census 1881—6.9.