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Lambeth 1905
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL
STATISTICS, &c., FOR 1905.
Area of Borough—4080.4 statute acres (exclusive of tidal water
82.1, and foreshore 31.1 statute acres respectively) divided
into 7 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions,
and 9 new Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions and New
Wards are not co-extensive.
Population—estimated middle of 1905—313,045 (males 148,169,
females, 164,876).
Density—76.7 persons per acre (exclusive of tidal water and
fore-shore).
Inhabited Houses—41,511 at Census, 1901.
Rateable Value—£1,918,182 for year ending March 31st,
1905.
Marriages—2,525, being 16.3 per 1,000.
Births—8,835, being 28.2 per 1,000.
Deaths (corrected)—4,646, being 14.8 per 1,000.
Infantile Mortality—1,014 deaths (corrected) under 1 year,
being 114.8 per 1,000 births.
Zymotic—Death-Rate, 1.4 per 1,000 (total deaths, 431).
Estimated increase of Population 2,686, but the natural
increase or increment (i.e., excess of Births over Deaths) is
3,939 (uncorrected).