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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lambeth 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: TABLE III.Gives the Population of London, the South District of London, the Parish of Lambeth, and each of the eight Sub-Divisions in 1861, with the estimated Population in 1871, also the Death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions for the year.

TABLE III.

Gives the Population of London, the South District of London, the Parish of Lambeth, and each of the eight Sub-Divisions in 1861, with the estimated Population in 1871, also the Death-rate of each of the Districts and Divisions for the year.

DISTRICTS.Population in 1861.Estimated Population In 1871.Deaths in 1871-73. (52 weeks).Mortality per 10,000Persona living to one death.
London2,803,9893,251,80470,062215.4945.42
South District778,175966,13220,600234.6041.67
Lambeth162,044208,3024,680224.6043.66
*Waterloo Road— 1st Part15,26914,086323229.2042.80
†Waterloo Road— 2nd Part18,64018,453385208.6040.90
‡Lambeth Church— 1st Part19,83919,492723370.9025.96
|| Lambeth Church— 2nd Part29,54235,831997278.7034.90
Kennington— 1st Part30,78541,286771186.5052.70
Kennington— 2nd Part20,44031,213572164.0059.90
§Brixton20,06735,431779219.8044.40
¶Norwood7,46212,534185139.5066.75