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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 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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Table: The table shows the estimated population in each registration district, with the number of statute acrcs, and the average number of persons per acre,

The table shows the estimated population in each registration district, with the number of statute acrcs, and the average number of persons per acre,

Registration Districts.Estimated Population.Area in Acres.Population per Acre.
Waterloo Road, 1st1643067245.2
Waterloo Road, 2nd18023100180.2
Lambeth Church, 1st21382162132
Lambeth Church, 2nd43256186232.5
Kennington, 1st4893749099.8
Kennington, 2nd3783249875.9
Brixton67794143047.4
Norwood20542100920.3

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The birth rate for Lambeth, calculated for the year 1886,
is 32.9 per 1000, one per thousand less than the previous
year, and two per thousand less than the year before.
The Metropolitan rate for 1886 was 32.3 per 1000, the
lowest rate on record since 1850.
MARRIAGE RATE.
The number of marriages celebrated in Lambeth show a
decrease upon last year of 91. Like the birth rate the
marriage rate has fallen year by year, and the number is
diminishing notwithstanding the increase of the population.
The marriages registered this year are fewer in number than
in any annual return made during the last decade, with the
exception of that of 1882.
Year.
No. of Marriages.
Year.
No. of Marriages.
1886
2184
1881
2399
1885
2275
1880
2336
1884
2349
1879
2398
1883
2365
1878
2433
1882
2148
1877
2516
Since 1877 the population has increased by 22,679 persons,
but the number of marriages celebrated in 1886 fall below
those of 1877 by 332. Thus in the year 1886, eight persons
fewer in every thousand were married than in the year 1877.
The marriage rate of Lambeth for 1886 is 15.8 per 1000.
The Metropolitan rate for the same period being 16.6 per
1000.