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I
TO THE VESTRY OF THE
Parish of Lambeth
1885.
Thirtieth Annual Report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being a Report for the year 1885 on the Vital and Sanitary
condition of the Parish of Lambeth.
Gentlemen,
The wtal statistics of the Parish of Lambeth are
calculated upon an estimated population of 270,433.
In estimating the population, one of three courses may be
adopted.
The number of inhabited houses appearing upon the rate
books may be taken, and a calculation made upon that basis
Secondly—The average annual percentage of increase in
the population of Lambeth during the last decade may be
applied in estimating the increase of the present decade.
The former of these modes is open to objection on account
of the variety of property, and consequent disparity in the
number of inhabitants.
The latter, no account of the inactivity in building in the
present compared with the former decade.