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Lambeth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS,
etc., FOR 1926.
Area of Borough—4,083 statute acres (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore), divided into 5
Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions, and 12
Wards (in place of the 9 Old Wards). The Parliamentary
Divisions have been adjusted so that they and the Wards are
co-terminous.
Population—estimated 1926—311,000 (males 145,320, and females
165,680).
Density—76^2 persons per statute acre (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Births (uncorrected)—7,497, being 241 per 1,000 population.
Deaths (corrected)—3,575, being 11-5 per 1,000 population.
Infantile Mortality (corrected)—288 deaths (corrected) under 1 year,
being 38 4 per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births, or 49-8 per
1,000 total (corrected) births.*
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected)—0-5 per 1,000 population (total
corrected zymotic deaths, 160).
* Corrected as to outside institutional births only.