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5
I. VITAL STATISTICS.
In the Annual Report for 1901 (the first Report dealing with
the newly-formed Borough of Lambeth), the populations of
the new Borough were carefully worked out from the existing
censal data taken from the 1901 Census and the previous
decennial Census, 1891—the intermediate Census, 1896, unfortunately,
not taking any account of Parliamentary and
Ward Boundaries. In this way, fairly accurate Returns are
obtainable, estimated to the middle of 1902, from the Censuses
1891 and 1901, and dealing with—
(1) Wards.
(2) Registration Sub-Districts.
(3) Age-periods.
(4) *Parliamentary Divisions: (a) Old, (b) Adjusted.
This estimating of populations is the necessary groundwork
for all statistics, as upon the accuracy of the estimated populations
depend all the various mortality-rates and morbidityincidences
met with throughout an Annual Report. In regard
to the Borough of Lambeth, care has been taken to make these
estimated populations as exact as possible, but they cannot be
corrected until the next decennial Census, 1911, unless the next
intermediate quinquennial Census, 1906, takes account of the
Parliamentary and Ward boundaries. The shorter the interval
between successive Censuses, the more accurate the estimated
populations; and it is to be hoped that the Government will instruct
the Census Office, so that full details may be obtained,
and published, in connection with the next 1906 Census for
London.
* The old Parliamentary Divisions retain their old boundaries, being
unaffected by the London Government Act, 1899, and do not, therefore,
coincide with new Municipal Lambeth. These old Parliamentary Divisions
have been adjusted for purposes of this Report (vide p. 9).