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Houses.*
At the time of the Census, 1901, there were within the
Borough of Lambeth 41,511 inhabited houses and 1,825 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 38,899.
The estimated number of inhabited' houses to the middle
of 1910 is 43927, which, with an estimated population (to
the middle of 1910 of 327074 gives an average of 7.4
persons per inhabited house.
Rateable Value.
The rateable value of the Borough for the year ending
March 31st, 1910, was £1,959,407, and a 1d. rate per £l
is estimated to produce £7,571 net for the same year, 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 1910 as 4,872,702 consisting
of 2,299,291 males, and 2,573,411 females and
states that there were registered during the year 39,082
marriages, 116,392 births (59,254 males and 57,138 females),
and 62,720 deaths (32,441 males and 30,279 females). There
were registered 5,478 deaths from the seven chief zymotic
diseases, t The excess of registered uncorrected births over
uncorrected deaths (i.e., the natural increment) is 53,672
and the estimated increase of population from the middle of
1909 to the middle of 1910 is 38,764.
*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.
† The figures arc taken from the Annual Summary of the Registrar.
General.