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Lambeth 1914

[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 1914.
Area of Borough—4,080 . 4 statute acres (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water 82.1 and foreshore 31.1
statute acres respectively), divided into 5 Registration SubDistricts,
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 1914—297,094 (males 141,909,
females 155,185).
*Density—72.8 persons per statute acre (including land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore).
Rateable Value—£1,869,963 for the year ending March 31st, 1914
(as settled at Quinquennial Valuation, and including Government
property and alterations made by Provisional Valuation
Lists).
Births—8,188 being 27-6 per 1,000.
Deaths (corrected)—4,269 being 14.4 per 1,000.
Infantile Mortality—728 deaths (corrected) under 1 year, being 88.9
per 1,000 total (uncorrected) births.
Zymotic—Death-rate, 1.3 per 1,000 (total corrected zymotic
deaths, 375).
* The densities vary in the different Registration Sub-Districts as follows
Lambeth Church (354.3 acres) 130.3, Kennington (398.3 acres) 119.6,
Stockwell (583 acres) 106.9, Brixton (1026.6 acres) 75.4 and Norwood
(1718.2 acres) 37.02 per statute acre respectively.