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Lambeth 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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TABLE III.
Gives the Population of London, the South District of London, the Parish of Lambeth, and each of its Eight Sub-divisions,
in 1861. with the estimated increase in 1866; also the death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions for the year, 1866.
DISTRICTS.
Population
in 1861.
Increase per
cent. per ann.
Estimated Pop-
ulation in 1866.
Deaths in 1866,
(52 weeks.)
Mortality per
10,000.
Persons living,
to one death.
London
2,803,989
1.73
3,047,019
80,129
262.9
38.0
South District
773,175
2.28
861,315
20,985
243.9
40.0
Lambeth
162,044
1.61
175,084
4,169
238.0
41.9
Waterloo Road,—1st part
15,269
0.80
15,879
343
216.0
46.2
Waterloo Road,—2nd part
18,640
0.15
18.775
456
242 8
41.1
Lambeth Church,—1st part
19,839
0.75
20.580
499
2424
41.2
*Lambeth Church,—2nd part
29,542
0.98
30,987
1,100
354.9
28.1
Kennington,—1st part
30,785
2.40
34,445
772
224.0
44.6
Kennington,—2nd part
20,4.10
0.81
21,265
414
1946
51.1
Brixton
20,067
3.22
23,297
419
179.8
55.6
Norwood
7,462
648
9,866
166
168.2
59.4
*Excluding the Adult Workhouse situated in this District, the death-rate would be 240.0, instead of 35.4.9 per 10,000 Inhabitants,
† Excluding the Infant Workhouse situated in this District, the death-rate would be 162.1, instead of 168.2 per 10,000 Inhabitants.