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Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, &c.,
FOR 1927.
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 1927—307,700 (males 143,770 and females
163,930).
Density—75.3 persons per statute acre (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Births (uncorrected)—7,016, being 22.8 per 1,000 population.
Deaths (corrected)—3,818, being 12.4 per 1,000 population.
Infantile Mortality (corrected)—266 deaths (corrected) under 1 year,
being 37.9 per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births, or 50.5 per
1,000 total (corrected) births.*
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected)—0.39 per 1,000 population (total
corrected zymotic deaths, 121).
* Corrected as to outside institutional births only.