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Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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TABLE I. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING 1916 AND PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS (1911-15).
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths registered in district. | Transferable Deaths.‡ | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected. Number. 3 | Nett. | Number. 6 | Rate. 7 | of Nonresidents registered in the District. † 8 | of Residents not registered in the District. † 9 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. † 4 | Rate. 5 | Number. 10 | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. 11 | Number. 12 | Rate 13 | |||||||
| 1911 | 297957 | 8405 | 7292 | 24.5 | 4584 | 15.4 | 852 | 712 | 905 | 124.0 | 4444 | 14.9 |
| 1912 | 297550 | 8168 | 6953 | 23.3 | 4189 | 14.1 | 823 | 634 | 600 | 86.3 | 4000 | 13.4 |
| 1913 | 297139 | 8341 | 7238 | 24.4 | 4476 | 15.1 | 883 | 780 | 737 | 74.2 | 4373 | 14.7 |
| 1914 | 297094 | 8188 | 7022 | 23.6 | 4630 | 15.6 | 1008 | 745 | 734 | 104.5 | 4367 | 14.7 |
| §1915 | 284188 | 7878 | 6573 | 23.1 | 5323 | 18.7 | 1313 | 762 | 685 | 97.6 | 4772 | 16.8 |
| §1916 | 283729 | 7980 | 6435 | 22.7 | 5515 | 19.4 | 1929 | 693 | 567 | 88.1 | 4279 | 15.1 |
§N.B.—The populations estimated for 1915 and 1916 are the civil populations only.
Notes. —This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the
Borough, and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. For years before 1911 the corrected rates are slightly
different. The rates are calculated per 1000 of the estimated gross population,
and no deduction? have been made from the population for large Public
Institutionsfor the Sick or infirm.
*In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the Borough.
In Column 12 is entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction
of the number in Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9.
Deaths in Column 10 are similarly corrected by subtraction of the deaths
under 1, included in the number given in Column 8, and by the addition of
the deaths under 1 included in the number given in Column 9.
†Columns 8 and 9 are prepared from the returns made by the local Registrars
of Deaths in accordance with the rule in the next paragraph ; the Registrar-
General supplied the particulars of extra transferable deaths (G7) to be entered
n Col umn 9 ; and all such deaths are included in this Column, unless an error
has been detected, and its correction has been accepted by the Registrar-
General. For Column 4 the Registrar-General has furnished a statement of
the number of births needing to be added to or subtracted from the total
supplied by thelocal Registrar (1647 outward and 102 inward transfers).
" Transferable Deaths " are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual
residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they
resided. The deaths of persons without fixed or usual residence, e.g., casuals,
are not included in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain instances.
In Column 8 the number of transferable deaths of " non-residents "
which are deducted and in Column 9 the number of deaths of " residents"
registered outside the district which are added are stated in calculating the
nett death-rate of the Borough.
Census,
1911.
Area of Borough in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 4079-6
Average number of persons per house (estimated), 6.7.
Number of inhabited houses, 44123.
Total population at all ages, 298058.