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Lambeth 1872

[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 the eight Sub-Divisions
in 1861, with the estimated Population in 1871, also the Death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions for the year.
DISTRICTS.
Population in 1861.
Estimated Population
In 1871.
Deaths in 1871-73.
(52 weeks).
Mortality per 10,000
Persona living to
one death.
London
2,803,989
3,251,804
70,062
215.49
45.42
South District
778,175
966,132
20,600
234.60
41.67
Lambeth
162,044
208,302
4,680
224.60
43.66
*Waterloo Road— 1st Part
15,269
14,086
323
229.20
42.80
†Waterloo Road— 2nd Part
18,640
18,453
385
208.60
40.90
‡Lambeth Church— 1st Part
19,839
19,492
723
370.90
25.96
|| Lambeth Church— 2nd Part
29,542
35,831
997
278.70
34.90
Kennington— 1st Part
30,785
41,286
771
186.50
52.70
Kennington— 2nd Part
20,440
31,213
572
164.00
59.90
§Brixton
20,067
35,431
779
219.80
44.40
¶Norwood
7,462
12,534
185
139.50
66.75
*Excluding the deaths in the Hospital for Children, in this district; the death-rate would be 226.10 instead of 229.20 per 10,000.
†Excluding the deaths in the Lying-in-Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 204.80 instead of 208.60 per 10,000.
‡Excluding the deaths in St. Thomas's Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 230.70 instead of 370.90 per 10,000.
||Excluding the deaths in the Workhouse, in this district the death-rate would be 184.10 instead of 278.70 per 10,000.
§ Excluding the deaths in the Stoekwell Fever Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 172.70 instead of 219.80 per 10,000,
¶Excluding the deaths in the Children's Workhouse in this district; the death-rate would be 130.80 instead of 139.50 per 10,000.