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The population of the Borough of Lambeth at the mid-year
1938, has been estimated by the Registrar General to be 272,800
which is less by 1,000 than the official estimated population
of 1937.
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
3,259
100%
0—
196
6.01%
1—
25
0.77%
2—
36
1.11%
5—
59
1.81%
15—
89
2.73%
25—
109
3.35%
35—
145
4.45%
45—
352
10.80%
55—
532
16.32%
65—
763
23.41%
75—
953
29.24%
During the year the number of births corrected by inward and
outward transfers was 3,846, giving a corrected birth rate of 14.09
compared with 14.14 last year, a decrease of 0.5 per one thousand
population.
The principal causes of death are again the same four: heart
disease which claimed 968 or 29.7 per cent. of the total, cancer
505 or 15.49 per cent., diseases of the lungs 312 or 9.57 per cent.,
and tuberculosis 185 or 5.7 per cent.