[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham,

  • Lewisham (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
[1894]
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    7 Parish of Lewisham, of which 370 were solemnised in the various Churches, 52 in Dissenting Chapels, and 99 at the Registrar's Office. During the same period there were 130 marriages in the Hamlet of Penge, of which 104 were solemnised in Churches, 10 in Dissenting Chapels, and 5 at the Registrar's Office. Total 651, as compared with 597 in 1892. The marriage rate was equal to 13.4 persons married per 1,000 of estimated population. In London the proportion of persons married to the total population was 17 2 per 1,000. Meteorology. The mean temperature of the air at Greenwich in 1893 was 51.1. The highest reading by day, 95.1, was registered in August, and the lowest reading by night, 13.9, in January. Rain fell on 154 days. The total amount of rainfall was 20.13 inches. I am, Gentlemen, Faithfully yours, S. BLAKE JOLLY, Medical Officer of Health to the Lewisham District.
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