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TO THE VESTRY OF THE
Parish of Lambeth,
1890.
THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being a Report for the year 1890 on the Vital and Sanitary
Statistics of the Parish of Lambeth.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, 25 & 26 Vict. cap. 102, sect. 43, I beg to present to
your Vestry, a Report for the year 1890, upon the vital statistics
and sanitary condition of the Parish of Lambeth.
Growth of
Population.
Before the date usually fixed for the issue of the
Annual Report the Census of 1891 was taken, and
the returns published. The figures of the Registrar
General arc consequently available for the purposes of statistical
calculation. The result of the enumeration shows the futility of
trusting in even carefully considered estimates of population made
in the later years of an intercensal period, and the necessity that
exists for the institution of returns at shorter intervals. In the