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Lambeth 1869

[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 1S61, with the estimated Population in 1869, calculated on the rate of increase which took place between the Censuses
in 1851 and 1861; also the Death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions for the year 1869.
DISTRICTS.
Population
in 1861.
Increase per
cent. per ana.
Estimated Population
in 1809.
Deaths in 1869,
(52 weeks)
Mortality
per 10,000.
Persons living
to one Death.
London
2,803,989
1.73
3,192,543
77,933
244.1
40.9
South Districts
773,175
2.28
914,199
22,215
242.9
41.1
Lambeth
162,044
1.61
182,910
4,374
239.1
41.8
Waterloo Road—1st part
15,269
0.80
16,245
308
189.5
52.7
Waterloo Road - 2nd part
18,640
0.15
18,856
447
237.0
42.1
Lambeth Church—1st part
19,839
0.75
21,024
417
198.3
50.4
Lambeth Church—2nd part
29,542
0.98
31,852
1,106
347.2
28.7
Kennington—1st part
30,785
2.40
36,639
846
230.9
43.3
Kennington—2nd part
20,440
0.81
21,764
477
219.1
45.6
Brixton
20,067
3.22
25,235
559
221.5
45.1
†Norwood
7,462
6.44
11,315
214
189.1
52.8
* Excluding the Workhouse situated in this District, the Death-rate would be 238-1 instead of 347-2 per 10,000 inhabitants,
† Excluding the Children's Workhouse situated in this District, the Death-rate would be 188-0 instead of 189-1 per 10,000
inhabitants.