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Vital Statistics.
The population of the Borough of Lambeth at the mid-year
1937, has been estimated by the Registrar General to be 273,800
which is less by 3,700 than the official estimated population
of 1936.
The following Table shows both actual numbers and the
percentage of total deaths in the various age groups. It is of
interest to note that the number of deaths in the age period 65
and over was more than one-half the total deaths :—
All Ages 0— 1— 2— 5— 15—
3,616 236 32 35 47 100
100% 7.36% 0.88% 0.97% 1.30% 2.77%
25— 35— 45— 55— 65— 75—
124 166 357 625 831 1033
3.43% 4.59% 9.87% 17.28% 22.98% 28.57%
During the year the number of births corrected by inward and
outward transfers was 3,873, giving a corrected birth rate of 14.14
compared with 13.94 last year, an increase of 0.20 per one thousand
population.
The principal causes of death arc again the same four: heart
disease which claimed 1,046 or 28.92 per cent, of the total, cancer
498 or 13.77 per cent., diseases of the lungs 379 or 10.45 per cent.,
and tuberculosis 208 or 5.74 per cent.