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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, etc.,
FOR 1916.
Area of Borough—4,080.4 statute acres (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water 82.1 and foreshore 31.1
statute acres respectively), divided into 5 Registration Sub-
Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions, and 9 Wards. The Parliamentary
Divisions and Wards are not co-extensive but the
Registration Sub-Districts and the Wards are.
Civil Population —estimated 1916—283,729 (males 128,832, and
females 154,897).
*Density—69.5 persons per statute acre (inclusive of land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Births (uncorrected) —7,980 being 25.8 per 1,000 population.
Deaths (corrected) —4,212 being 14 -8 per 1,000 population.
Infantile Mortality (corrected) —565 deaths (corrected) under 1 year
being 70.8 per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births, or 84'8 per
1,000 total (corrected) births.
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected) —0.9 per 1,000 population (total
corrected zymotic deaths, 248).
* The densities (based upon the estimated civil populations) vary in the
different Registration Sub-Districts as follows —Lambeth Church (354-3
acres) 123.9, Kennington (398.3 acres) 113.9, Stockwell (583 acres) 102.0,
Brixton (1026.6 acres) 72.1, and Norwood 1718.2 acres) 35.4 per statute
acre respectively.