Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE IV.
Gives the Population of London, the South Districts of London, the Parish of Lambeth, and each of its Eight
Sub-divisions, in 1861, with the estimated increase in 1865; also the death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions,
for the year 1865.
DISTRICTS.
Population
in 1861.
Increased per
cent. per ann.
Estimated Population
in 1865.
Deaths in
1865.
Mortality per
10,000
Persons living:
to one death.
London
2,803,989
1.73
2,998,511
73,460
244.9
40.8
South Districts.
773,175
2.28
843,687
19,785
234.5
42.6
Lambeth
162,044
1.61
172,476
4,109
238.2
41.9
Waterloo Road-1st part
15,269
0.80
15,757
362
229.7
43.5
Waterloo Road—2nd part
18,640
0.15
18,748
483
257.6
38.8
Lambeth Church—1st part
19,839
0.75
20,432
459
224.6
44.5
*Lambeth Church—2nd part
29,542
0.98
30,698
1,018
331.6
30.1
Kennington—1st part
30,785
2.40
33,717
744
220.6
45.3
Kennington—2nd part
20,440
0.81
21,100
409
193.8
51.1
Brixton
20,067
3.22
22,651
457
201.3
49.5
†Norwood
7,462
648
9,383
177
188.6
53.0
*Excluding the Adult Workhouse, situated in this District, the Death-rate would be 226.7, instead of 331.6 per 10.000 Inhabitants
†Excluding the Infant Workhouse, situated in this District, the Death-rate would be 181.3, instead of 188.6 per 10,000 Inhabitants.