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Houses.*
At the time of the Census, 1901, there were within the
Borough of Lambeth 41,511 inhabited houses and 1,825 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 1909 is 43,666, which, with an estimated population (to
the middle of 1909) of 324,188 gives an average of 7.4
persons per inhabited house.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending
March 31st, 1909, was £1,968,216, and a 1d. rate per £1
is estimated to produce £7,607 net for the same year, in
both cases inclusive of Government property.
Statistics for the County of London (uncorrected).
The Registrar-General returns the estimated population
of London for the middle of the year 1909 as 4,833,938, consisting
of 2,281,151 males, and 2,552,787 females, and
states that there were registered during the year 38,176
marriages, 117,547 births (59,910 males and 57,637 females),
and 70,682 deaths (36,354 males and 34,328 females). There
were registered 6,385 deaths from the seven chief zymotic
diseases.† The exccss of registered uncorrected births over
deaths (i.e., the natural increment, is 46,865, and the estimated
increase of population from the middle of 1908 to
the middle of 1909 is 38,181.
*The definition of a "house" laid down by the Registrar-General for
Census purposes is ''any building that is separated from the next adjoining
building by an unbroken party wall." This definition has not been strictly
adhered to by the Enumerators in taking the Census.
†(The figures are taken from the Annual Summary [Tables 1 and 19) of
the Registrar-General.