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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION
The Registrar_General's mid_year estimate for the year 1972 is 301,690.
This is a decrease of 2,720 on the figure for the year 1971, and of 37,870
compared with mid_1965.
The number of live births exceeded the deaths, giving a natural increase of
1,163. This would, therefore, appear to indicate a movement of residents out of
the Borough.
Based on information supplied by the Greater London Research and Intelligence Unit a breakdown of the estimated population is as follows:
| Under 1 year | 4,950 |
| 1 to 4 years | 16,750 |
| 5 to 14 years | 45,700 |
| 15 to 64 years | 196,780 |
| 65 years and over | 37,510 |
| Total | 301,690 |
LIVE BIRTHS
The total number of live births occurring to residents of the Borough was
4,690 comprising 2,417 males and 2,273 females. This figure was 585 less than
that for 1971, giving a corrected birth rate of 14.0 per 1,000 population. The
rate for England and Wales was 14.8 and the rates for Inner, Outer and Greater
London Areas are 13.7, 14.3 and 14.1 respectively.
During the year there were 998 illegitimate live births. The figure is 19
less than for 1971 giving a percentage of illegitimate live births per cent of total
live births of 21.2 and compares unfavourably with those for Inner London,
Outer and Greater London Areas which are 17.5, 8.5 and 11.7 respectively.
STILL BIRTHS
Still births for the year numbered 50, which is a decrease of 19 to the 1971
figure, and gives a still birth rate of 11.0. The rate for England and Wales is 12.0
and for the Inner London, Outer and Greater London Area it is 11.4, 11.0 and
11.2 respectively.