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Lambeth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Total Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Aqfs belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||||
| Number | Rate.* | |||||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per looo Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Parish. | 1891 | 276162 | 9097 | 32..9 | 1433 | 157.2 | 6073 | 21.9 | 1438 | 539 | 351 | 5886 | 21.3 | |
| 1892 | 280032 | 9226 | 32.9 | 1303 | 141.2 | 5794 | 20.7 | 1578 | 651 | 314 | 5457 | 19.5 | ||
| 1893 | 283956 | 9222 | 32.5 | 1415 | 148.5 | 6165 | 217 | 1741 | 811 | 338 | 5219 | 18.4 | ||
| 1894 | 287935 | 9231 | 32. 1 | 1264 | 136.9 | 5213 | 18.1 | 1484 | 775 | 399 | 4837 | 16.8 | ||
| 1895 | 291970 | 9341 | 31.9 | 1470 | 157 .4 | 5857 | 20.6 | 1511 | 702 | 404 | 5559 | 19.0 | ||
| 1896 | 296061 | 9592 | 32. 4 | 1371 | 142.9 | 5370 | 18.1 | 1588 | 705 | 433 | 5098 | 17.2 | ||
| 1897 | 300048 | 9388 | 31.3 | 1459 | 155.4 | 5486 | 18.3 | 1546 | 664 | 429 | 5251 | 17.5 | ||
| 1898 | 304073 | 9256 | 30.4 | 1447 | 156.3 | 5567 | 18.3 | 1543 | 592 | 455 | 5430 | 17.9 | ||
| 1899 | 308108 | 9433 | 30.6 | 1527 | 161. 9 | 6064 | 19.7 | 1680 | 663 | 485 | 5886 | 19.1 | ||
| 1900 | 312152 | 9167 | 29.4 | 1350 | 147.3 | 5578 | 17.9 | 1576 | 606 | 458 | 5430 | 17.4 | ||
| Averages for years 11891-1900 | 294049.7 | 9295. 3 | 31.6 | 1403.9 | 151.03 | 5716 7 | 19 .4 | 1563.5 | 670.8 | 406.6 | 5405.3 | 18.4 | ||
| Boro' 1908 | 321344 | 8906 | 27.7 | 950 | 106.7 | 4692 | 14.6 | 2011 | 863 | 512 | 4341 | 13.5 | ||
* Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 are calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note. The deaths included in column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as havine actually occurred within the
Borough of Lambeth. The deaths included i 1 column 12 are the numbers in column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the numbers in column 10 and
the addition of the numbers in column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the District on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions
there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in
public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions" (taken into account for the purpose of these tables) are those into which persons are habitually received on account
of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections
have bean made, will be found on pp. 15-17, 94-97 of the Report. The Union Workhouses are situated within the District.
Area of Lambeth Borough in acres Total population at all ages 301895
exclusiveof area covered by water 4079.6 Statute Acres. Number of inhabited houses 41511
* Average number of persons per house 7.3 At Census of 1901