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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
1904 is 42,359, which, with an estimated population (to the
middle of 1904) of 310,359 gives an average of 7.3 persons per
inhabited house.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending March
31st, 1904, was £1,907,908, and a 1d rate per is estimated
to produce £7,025 net for the year ending March 31st, 1905, in
both cases, inclusive of Government property.
Statistics for London as a whole.
The Registrar-General returns the estimated population of
London for the middle of the year 1904 as 4,648,950 consisting
of 2,194,638 males, and 2,454,312 females, and states that there
were registered during the year 39,586 marriages, 129,335
births (65,716 males and 63,619 females), and 77,094 deaths
(39,965 males and 37,129 females). There were registered,
9,990 deaths from the seven chief zymotic diseases. The
excess of registered births over deaths, i.e., the natural increment,
is 52,241, and the estimated increase of population from
the middle of 1903 to the middle of 1904 is 35,138.