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Lambeth 1902
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902
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Local Government Board. (Table i.) VITAL STATISTICS OF LAMBETH BOROUGH DURING 1901 and 1902, AND OF LAMBETH PARISH DURING 10 YEARS (1891—1900).
| Year, | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institu-tions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Publ ic Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Parish. | 1891 | 276162 | 9097 | 32.9 | 1433 | 157.2 | 6073 | 21 9 | 1438 | 539 | 351 | 5886 | 21.3 | |
| 1892 | 280032 | 9226 | 32.9 | 1303 | 141.2 | 5794 | 20.7 | 1578 | 651 | 314 | 5457 | 19.5 | ||
| 1893 | 283956 | 9222 | 32.5 | 1415 | 148.5 | 6165 | 21.7 | 1741 | 811 | 338 | 5219 | 18.4 | ||
| 1894 | 287935 | 9231 | 32.1 | 1264 | 136.9 | 5213 | 18.1 | 1484 | 775 | 399 | 4837 | 16.8 | ||
| 1895 | 291970 | 9341 | 31.9 | 1470 | 157.4 | 5857 | 20.6 | 1511 | 702 | 404 | 5559 | 19.0 | ||
| 1896 | 296061 | 9592 | 32.4 | 1371 | 142.9 | 5370 | 18.1 | 1588 | 705 | 433 | 5098 | 17.2 | ||
| 1897 | 300048 | 9388 | 31.3 | 1459 | 155.4 | 5486 | 18.3 | 1546 | 664 | 429 | 5251 | 17.5 | ||
| 1898 | 304073 | 9256 | 30.4 | 1447 | 156.3 | 5567 | 18.3 | 1543 | 592 | 455 | 5430 | 17.9 | ||
| 1899 | 308108 | 9433 | 30.6 | 1527 | 161.9 | 6064 | 19.7 | 1680 | 663 | 485 | 5886 | 19.1 | ||
| 1900 | 312152 | 9167 | 29.4 | 1350 | 147.3 | 5578 | 17.9 | 1576 | 606 | 458 | 5430 | 17.4 | ||
| Averages for years 1891-1900 | 294049.7 | 9295.3 | 31.6 | 1403.9 | 151.03 | 5716.7 | 19.4 | 1568.5 | 670.8 | 406.6 | 5405.3 | 18.4 | ||
| Boro' | 1901 | 302533 | 9093 | 30.1 | 1294 | 142.3 | 5383 | 17.8 | 1590 | 691 | 505 | 5197 | 17.2 | |
| 1902 | 305102 | 9067 | 29.7 | 1215 | 134.0 | 5553 | 18.2 | 1822 | 726 | 560 | 5387 | 17.7 | ||
| * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 are calculated per 1000 of estimated population. | ||||||||||||||
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actuallv occurred within the Borough
of Lambeth. The deaths included in Column 12 are the numbers in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the numbers in Column 10 and the addition of
the numbers in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by
the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions (taken into account for the purpose of these Tables) are those into which persons are habitually received on account of
sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been
made, will be found on pp. 27. 112-115 of the Report.
Area of Lambeth Borough in acres
(exclusive of area covered by water) .
4079.6 Statute Acres.
Total population at all ages 301895
Number of inhabited houses 4.511
Average number of persons per house 7.3
At
Census
of 1901.