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7
BIRTH RATE.
In 1884 the birth rate was in excess of the previous year by 308
births. The registered number was 9517 to 9209 of 1883.
This represents a birth rate at 37.5 per 1000. The Metropolitan
rate for the same period being 33.7.
Thus there arc 961 more children born in Lambeth than there
are to a corresponding population, taking the Metropolis as a
whole.
This fact should be born in mind when considering the death
rate, for the death rate in children is always greater than the
death rate in adults, and so the greater number of births will tend
to swell the death rate.
The number of births and the rate per 1000 of the population
in the several registration districts is as follows:—
District
No. of Birth.
Percentage.
Waterloo Road, 1st
627
41.2
Waterloo Road, 2nd
895
54.8
Lambeth Church, 1st
723
36.3
Lambeth Church, 2nd
1828
45.8
Kennington, 1st
1662
36.6
Kennington, 2nd
1020
28.9
Brixton
2094
33.3
Norwood
668
35.1