[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham].

  • Lewisham (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1875
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13 The number of births in the District during the year has been 1702, rather less than in 1873, and the rate also still lower. The birth rate in London was 35.7 per 1000 for the year; in this District it was only 31.28 per 1000. The variation, year by year, is very slight, and is shown for the last five years in the following table. NUMBER AND RATE OF BIRTIIS. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Hato. No. Rate. No. Rate. 1668 33.06 1674 31 46 1693 3189 1779 3266 1762 31*28 The number of deaths in the year has been 842, against 791 in 1873, and the death rate has been 15.03 per 1000 against 14.52 per 1000 in 1873. The number of deaths and rate of mortality per 1000 for the past five years is shown by the following table. NUMBER AND RATE OF DEATHS. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. No. Rate. No. Bate. No. Bate. No. Bate. No. Bate. 806 17.00 816 16.29 788 14.84 791 14.52 842 15.03 By refcrenco to Table II. in the Medical Officer's Report, it will bo seen that not only is the present rate of mortality lower than the average of the previous ten years, but it has only been as low in three years of that period. Tho unprecedentedly low rate of mortality in London, for the year 1873, has been again realised for the past year, within a fraction, being in 1873 21.5 per 1000, and in 1874 21.6 per 1000. Not only is the rate of mortality in this District very favourable as compared with London, but also as compared