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Houses.
At the time of the Census, 1901, there were within the
Borough of Lambeth 41,511 inhabited houses and 1825 uninhabited
(881 in occupation and 944 not in occupation), whilst
137 were in process of building. At the time of the 1891
Census, the inhabited houses numbered 38,899
The estimated number of inhabited houses to the middle of
1903 is 42,098, which, with an estimated population (to the
middle of 1903) of 307,711 gives an average of 7'3 persons per
inhabited house.
The total number of tenements in Lambeth Borough at the
time of the 1901 Census was 70,887, and of these, 44,495 were
tenements of less thau five rooms, as follows:— One-roomed,
10,058; two-roomed, 12,311; three-roomed, 12,120; and fourroomed,
10,006.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending March
31st, 1903, was £1,897,711, and a Id. rate per £l is estimated to
produce £7,590 net for the year ending March 31st, 1904.
Statistics for London as a whole.
The Registrar-General returns the estimated population of
London for the middle of the year 1903 as 4,613,812 consisting
of 2,178,213 males, and 2,435,599 females, and states that there
were registered during the year 40,214 marriages, 130,906
births (66,591 males and 64,315 females), and 72,109 deaths
(37,393 males and 34,716 females). There were registered,
8,166 deaths from the seven chief zymotic diseases. The
excess of registered births over deaths, i.e., the natural increment,
is 58,797, and the estimated increase of population from
the middle of 1902 to the middle of 1903 is 34,702.