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Houses.
At the time of the Census, 1901, there were within the
Borough of Lambeth 41,511 inhabited houses and 1825 uninhabited
(881 in occupation and 944 not in occupation), whilst
137 were in process of building. At the time of the 1891
Census, the inhabited houses numbered 38,899.
The estimated number of inhabited houses to the middle of
1905 is 42,705, which, with an estimated population (to the
middle of 1905) of 813,045 gives an average of 7'3 persons per
inhabited house.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending March
31st, 1905, was £1,918,182, and a 1d. rate per is estimated
to produce £7,628 net for the year ending March 31st, 1905, in
both cases inclusive of Government property.
Statistics for London as a whole.
The Registrar-General returns the estimated population of
London for the middle of the year 1905 as 4,684,794 consisting
of 2,211,4:02 males, and 2,473,392 females, and states that there
were registered during the year 39,631 marriages, 126,620
births (64,177 males and 62,443 females), and 73,002 deaths
(37,738 males and 35,264 females). There were registered,
7,980 deaths from the seven chief zymotic diseases. The
excess of registered births over deaths, i.e., the natural increment,
is 53,618, and the estimated increase of population from
ihe middle of 1904 to the middle of 1905 is 35,844.