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Lambeth 1919
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1919
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TABLE I. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH DURING 1919 AND PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS (1914-18).
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 |
| §1917 | 272038 | 6869 | 5208 | 19.1 | 5374 | 19.7 | 1975 | 831 | 519 | 99.6 | 4230 | 15.5 |
| §1918 | 262275 | 6390 | 4296 | 16.5 | 6310 | 24.0 | 2158 | 878 | 449 | 104.5 | 5030 | 19.2 |
| §1919 | 282322 | 7596 | 5687 | 20.1 | 4932 | 17.5 | 1371 | 671 | 483 | 84.9 | 4232 | 14.9 |
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. The rates are calculated per 1000 of the estimated gross
population, and no deductions have been made from the population for large
Public Institutions for the sick or infirm.
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 the local Registrar (2040 outward and 131 inward transfers).
*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 (40)
to be entered in Column 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.
"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), 40796.
Average number of persons per house (estimated), 6.7.
Number of inhabited houses, 44123.
Total population at all ages, 298058.