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The Deaths during the year were 4593; the excess of births
over deaths amounted to 3122.
In the first quarter of 1870, the deaths numbered 1281 ; in
the second quarter 985 ; in the third quarter 1152 j and in the
last quarter 11 75.
The Deaths were 219 above those in 1869.
The births and deaths during each quarter of the year in each
of the Eight ecclesiastical Divisions of the Parish are shown in
Table II.;from which it will be seen, that in Waterloo Road
1st part district, there were 598 births, and 334 deaths during
the year; in the Waterloo Road, 2nd part district, 923 births,
and 473 deaths; in the Lambeth Church, 1st part district, 798
births, and 473 deaths; in th. Lambeth Church, 2nd part district,
1584 births, and 1112 deaths, 341 of which occurred in
the Workhouse; in the Kennington 1st part district, 1383
births, and 837 deaths; in the Kennington 2nd part district,
901 births, and 530 deaths; in the Brixton district, 1109
births, and 580 deaths; and in the Norwood district, 419
births, and 234 deaths, 6 of which occurred in the Children's
Workhouse.
The comparative Mortality of Lambeth; the entire Metropolis;
and the South District, of which Lambeth forms a large
part, is shown in Table III; which also gives the increased
Population of each of the Divisions of the Parish, upon which
the death-rate of each is founded This Table is calculated on
the rate of increase between 18G1 and 1871 shown by the
Census taken since the close of the year 1870, so that the deathrate
for 1870 can be very correctly calculated. In the nine
years from 1861, the population of the Waterloo Road 1st and
2nd part districts, and the Lambeth Church 1st part district,
rather decreased, whilst that of the five other districts largely
increased.
In 1861 the population of the parish formed rather more