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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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TABLE B.
Showing Populations (Estimated), Uncorrected Registered Births, Corrected Deaths at all ages, under 1 year, under 5 years, and from the 7 chief Zymotic diseases and Uncorrected Deaths in Public Institutions, in the Borough of Lambeth, during 1927, and the averages for the quinquennium 1922.1926 (Borough), together with the averages for the three decennia 1891-1900 (Parish), 1901-1910 (Borough) and 1911-1920 (Borough).
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Number of Births Registered. | Corrected Numbers of Deaths. | Deaths in Public Institutions in Lambeth (uncorrected). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Ages. | Under 1 year. | Under 5 years. | Deaths from 7 Chief Zymotic Diseases. | ||||
| 1927 | 307,700 | 7,016 | 3,818 | 266 | 431 | 121 | 2,264 |
| 1926 | 311,000 | 7,497 | 3,575 | 288 | 487 | 160 | 2,081 |
| 1925 | 311,100 | 7,663 | 3,764 | 343 | 509 | 154 | 2,220 |
| 1924 | 309,300 | 7,891 | 3,865 | 395 | 635 | 197 | 2,162 |
| 1923 | 308,500 | 8,344 | 3,482 | 357 | 535 | 141 | 1,986 |
| 1922 | 307,000 | 8,449 | 4,188 | 496 | 859 | 237 | 2,147 |
| Average 1922-26 (5 years) | 309,380 | 7,969 | 3,775 | 376 | 605 | 178 | 2.L19 |
| Averages (10 years)— | |||||||
| 1911.1920 (Borough) | 286,786.4 | 8,027 1 | 4,282.5 | 619.7 | 958.6 | 326.8 | 2,506.5 |
| 1901.10 (Borough) | 314,566 8 | 8,846 9 | 4,709.6 | 1,020.1 | 1,503.5 | 475 1 | 1,816.8 |
| 1891.1900 (Parish) | 294,049.7 | 9,295 4 | 5,405.3 | 1,358.5 | 2,070.2 | 700.4 | 1,568.5 |
Note.—(a) Enumerated Population at Census 1901 was 301,895 (6) Enumerated Population at Census 1911 was 298,058.
(c) Enumerated population at Census 1921 was 302,868. (d) Families or separate occupiers=70,887 (1901), 70,827 (1911)
and 78,399 (1921).
N.B.—In this and previous Reports, the estimated populations 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1920 are the estimates of civil
populations only, and, for the same 6 years, the deaths do not include the deaths of members of the armed forces of Great Britain
and other countries, all such deaths being excluded from the Registrar.General's published local returns.