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would appear on the surface; for it must be remembered that
pari passu with this declining birth-rate is a greater declining
death-rate.
Returns of all Births that occur in Lambeth are now obtained
from the Registrar-General, and this information will be of great
use in connection with the Borough Council's endeavours to
lessen the high mortality amongst infants (under 1 year of age).
The information will be useful, also, in dealing with humanised
(sterilised) milk from the Council's Infants Milk Depot, which
will be opened during 1905, at 66, York Road, Westminster
Bridge Road.
THE MARRIAGE-RATE.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough of
Lambeth during the year 1904 was 2480 as compared with 2452
during 1903, and a yearly average of 2338 in the old Parish of
Lambeth for the 10 years 1891-1900.
The marriage-rate for Lambeth Borough is, therefore, 15.9 per
1000 inhabitants, as compared with 17.0 for London.
Tables B and C show the number of marriages and the
marriage-rates for the last ten years in the old Parish of
Lambeth, and it will again be noticed that the marriage-rate has
been gradually, but persistently, falling during that period (as
also during the previous decennium). Marriage statistics are of
little value from a sanitary stand-point.
THE DEATH-RATE.
The total number of deaths registered in the Borough of
Lambeth, during the year 1904, was 5160 as compared with
4853 during 1903, and a yearly average of 5716.7 in the old
Parish of Lambeth for the 10 years 1891-1903. Of the total