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Census years. The latest, indeed, points to a condition which,
after the leaps and bounds of the periods preceding it, may almost
be regarded as one of rest. The dccennium ending in the Census
year 1871 was remarkable for an increase of 28 6 per cent. in the
living population. The next, of which 1881 was the final year
shows a further gain of 218 per cent. But the growth of the last
dccennium illustrated in the returns of the latest enumeration is
represented by an addition of only 8.5 per cent.
Estimated
Population
of Lambeth.
The population of the Parish of Lambeth for the
year 1890 is estimated by taking as a basis of calculation
the Census figures of 1891, and deducting from
that return a percentage corresponding to the growth
of population during the last year of the intercensal period. The
actual growth during the ten years is 8.5 per cent. The estimated
growth for the one year is .85 per cent. or in round numbers
2,150. With this deduction from the total return, the figure at
which the population of Lambeth may be computed is 273,152.
During the deeennium ending June. 1801. building
Number of
Houses.
operations and railway extensions resulting in the
demolition of houses have altered the conditions of
dwelling accommodation in the Parish. In the outer Wards the
number of inhabited houses has increased; in the inner, it has
decreased. At the beginning of the dccennium in the four inner
districts the inhabited houses numbered 10,731; at the end,
9,717. During the intervening ten years in the inner combination
over a thousand houses have been demolished and accommodation
correspondingly reduced. At the beginning of the decennium
in the four outer districts the inhabited houses numbered 24,673;
at the end, 28,804. During the intervening ten years in the outer
combination 4,131 houses have been built and occupational
accommodation proportionately increased.
House
Population.
In the year 1881 the total number of inhabited
houses in the Parish of Lambeth stood at 35,404.
In 1891 it stands at 38,521; a total increase of 3,117
houses. The 275,202 persons of the Census year occupy 38,521