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Lambeth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL
STATISTICS, &c., FOR 1906.
Area of Borough—4080.4 statute acres (exclusive of tidal water
82.1, and foreshore 31.1 statute acres respectively) divided,
into 7 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions,
and 9 new Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions and New
Wards are not co-extensive.
Population—estimated middle of 1906—315774 (males 149491,
females 166283).
Density—77.4 persons per acre (exclusive of tidal water and
foreshore).
Inhabited Houses—41511 at Census, 1901.
Rateable Value—£1954165 for year ending April 6th, 1906.
Marriages—2489, being 15.8 per 1000.
Births—8972, being 28.4 per 1000.
Deaths (corrected)—4709, being 14.9 per 1000.
Infantil Mortality—1088 deaths (corrected) under 1 year
being 121.3 per 1000 total births.
Zymotic—Death-rate, 1.7 per 1000 (total deaths, 522).
Estimated increase of Population 2729, but the natural
increase or increment (i.e., excess of Births over Deaths) is
3944 (uncorrected)