London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
12
STATISTICS
GENERAL
Area of Borough 4,087.5 acres
No. of Wards 21
No. of Parliamentary Constituencies 3
Population Figure supplied by Registrar General
(Mid-year estimate 1959) 223.300
Density of Population i.e. number of Persons
per acre 54.6
Number of marriages during the year 1,826
Marriage rate per 1,000 Population 8.2
Marriage rate per 1,000 Population
England and Wales 15.0
Rateable Value of District (1959/60) £4,249.714
Sum represented by a Penny Rate (1959/60) £17.150
Number of separately rated houses and flats
(1959/60) 56,344
BIRTHS
Live Births
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total s
Males
2,113
331
2.444
Females
1,928
313
2,241
Totals
4,041
644
4,685
Live Birth Rate per 1.000 Home Population 20.98
Birth Rate corrected for comparison with
other areas 19.09
Comparability Factor supplied by Registrar
General 0.91
Birth Rate per 1.000 Home Population County
of London 17.3