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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

Lambeth 1902

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1902

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Table: TABLE A. Censal Returns, 1901. Overcrowding in Tenements in Lambeth Borough.

TABLE A. Censal Returns, 1901. Overcrowding in Tenements in Lambeth Borough.

Rooms in Tenement.Tenements of less than five rooms.Persons per Tenement.
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Lambeth.1100584550325014565871554112
Total Tenements—7088721231112048554286921411364699322
31212048826842809219115981126682
Tenements of less than five rooms—4449541000616213321842185316301207893

Table:

Rooms in Tenement.Tenements of less than five rooms.Persons per Tenement.
89101112 or moreTotal PersonsPer Cent. of Pop.
Lambeth.110058331——189326.2
Total Tenements—70887212311116309214007313.1
312120330144511754725515.5
Tenements of less than five rooms—4449541000656930015051174692415.4

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N.B.—Average persons per family = 4.3.
Taking any number more than two per tenement as (rough) evidence of overcrowding;
overcrowding existed in Lambeth Borough on March 31st, 1901, to the
extent of 6l.3 per cent. of the total tenements of less than 5 rooms.