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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The Parish of Lambeth extends from the River Thames
northward to the boundary of the Parish of Croydon
southward; and from Camberwell and Newington eastward
to Battersea and Clapham westward; contains an area of
4,015 Statute Acres, and Property to the Rateable Value of
£1,491,123, with a population of, in 1881, 253,857.
It is divided into the following eight Wards:—
No. 1, or North Marsh Ward, returning 12 Members to the
Vestry.
„ 2, or South Marsh „ „ 9 „ „
„ 3, or Bishop's „ „ 9„ „
„ 4, or Prince's ,, „ 18„ „
„ 5, or Vauxhall „ „ 24„ „
„ 6, or Stockwell „ „ 15„ „
„ 7, or Brixton „ ,,21„ „
„ 8, or Norwood ,, „ 12 „ „
Total 120