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Lambeth 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL
STATISTICS, etc., FOR 1912.
Area of Borough—4,030.4 statute acres (inclusive of land
and inland water, but exclusive of tidal water 32.1
and foreshore 31.1 statute acres respectively), divided
into 5 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary
Divisions, and 9 Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions
and Wards are not co-extensive, but the Registration
Sub-Districts and the Wards are.
Population—estimated middle of 1912—297,550 (males
141,990, females 155,560).
*Density—72.9 persons per statute acre (including land and
inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Rateable Value—£1,885,269 for the year ending March
31st, 1912 (as settled at Quinquennial Valuation, and
including Government property and alterations made
by Provisional Valuation Lists).
Births—8,168, being 27.4 per 1,000.
Deaths (corrected)—3,925 being 13.2 per 1,000.
Infantile Mortality—598 deaths (corrected) under 1 year,
being 73.2 per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births.
Zymotic—Death-rate, 0.9 per 1,000 (total corrected zymotic
deaths, 287).
* The densities vary in the different Registration Sub-Districts as
follows—Lambeth Church (354.3 acres) 132.6, Kenninpton (398.3 acres)
120.5, Stockwell (583 acres) 107.1, Brixton (1026.6 acres) 75.01, and
Norwood (1718.2 acres) 36.7 persons per statute acre respectively.