Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Houses.*
At the time of the Census, 1901, there were within the
Borough of Lambeth 41511 inhabited houses and 1825 uninhabited
(881 in occupation and 944 not in occupation), whilst
137 were in process of building. At the time of the 1891
Census, the inhabited houses numbered 38899.
The estimated number of inhabited houses to the middle of
1907 is 43143, which, with an estimated population (to the
middle of 1907) of 318538 gives an average of 7.3 persons per
inhabited house.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending April 6th,
1907, was £1956137, and a 1d. rate per is estimated to
produce £7660 net for the year ending March 31st, 1907, in
both cases inclusive of Government property.
Statistics for the County of London (uncorrected).
The Registrar-General returns the estimated population of
London for the middle of the year 1907 as 4758218 consisting
of 2245748 males, and 2512470 females, and states that there
were registered during the year 40541 marriages, 122205
births (62304 males and 59901 females), and 72127 deaths
(30995 males and 35132 females). There were registered
6800 deaths from the seven chief zymotic diseases. The
excess of registered births over deaths, i.e., the natural increment,
is 50078, and the estimated increase of population from
the middle of 1906 to the middle of 1907 is 37001.
* The definition of a "house" laid down by the Registrar-General for
Census purposes is "any building that is separated from the next adjoining
building by an unbroken party wall." This definition has not been strictly
adhered to by the Enumerators in taking the Census.