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Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, etc.,
FOR 1923.
Area of Borough—4,083 statute acres (inclusive of land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore),
divided into 5 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary
Divisions, and 12 Wards (in place of the 9 Old Wards).
The Parliamentary Divisions have been adjusted so that they
and the Wards are co-terminous.
Population—estimated 1923—308,500 (males 144,240, and females
164,260).
Density—75.5 persons per statute acre (inclusive of land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Births (uncorrected)—8,344, being 27.04 per 1,000 population.
Deaths (corrected)—3,482, being 11.2 per 1,000 population.
Infantile Mortality (corrected)—357 deaths (corrected) under 1 year,
being 42.7 per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births, or 54.2 per
1,000 total (corrected) births.
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected)—0.4 per 1,000 population (total
corrected zymotic deaths, 141).
* Corrected as to institutional deaths.