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Lambeth 1873

[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 1871.
Estimated Population
of 1374.
Deaths in 1873-74,
(52 weeks.)
Mortality per 10,000.
Persons living to
one death.
London
3,254,260
3,400,701
77,743
238.80
41.87
South District
967,692
1;012,441
22,637
233.90
42.75
Lambeth
208,302
217,647
4,983
239.20
41.80
*Waterloo Road—1st Part
14,074
14,777
333
236.40
42.80
†Waterloo Road—2nd Part
18,465
19,795
400
216.60
46.17
‡Lambeth Church —1st Part
19,492
19,538
762
380.60
26.27
|| Lambeth Church—2nd Part
35,833
37,588
1,154
322.20
31.03
Kennington—1st Part
41,286
43,462
809
195.90
51.04
Kennington—2nd Part
31,221
32,670
600
192.10
52.05
§Brixton
35,435
36,311
737
208.00
48.07
¶Norwood
12,536
13,305
188
151.50
66.00
* Excluding the deaths in the Hospital for children, in this district the death-rate would be 221.60 instead of 236.40 per 10,000.
† Excluding the deaths in the Lying-in-Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 209.60 instead of 216.60 per 10,000,
‡ Excluding the deaths in St. Thomas's Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 220.60 instead of 380.60 per 10,000.
|| Excluding the deaths in the Workhouse, in this district the death-rate would be 223.80 instead of 322.20 per 10,000.
§ Excluding the deaths in the Stockwell Fever Hospital, in this district the death-rate would be 171.80 instead of 208.00 per 10.000.
¶ Excluding the deaths in the Children's Workhouse, in this district the death-rate would be 144.30 instead of 151.50 per 10,000.