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
£1,490,965, 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