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houses. The average rate of occupation is 71 inhabitants per
house. There is some divergence between the occupational rate
of the inner and that of the outer districts. In the inner districts
85,846 persons occupy 9,717 houses; in the outer, 189,356
persons occupy 28,804 houses. The smaller house of the inner
district is occupied by eight persons, whilst the larger house of the
outer district is occupied by six. To place the extremes of
divergence in the scale side by side, Norwood, the largest subdistrict
in area and the most spare in population, must be contrasted
with Waterloo 1st, the smallest in area and the densist in population.
In Norwood 25,657 people live in 4,116 houses; in
Waterloo 1st, 14,031 live in 1,470 houses. In Norwood the
average occupational rate is six persons per house; in Waterloo
1st, ten persons per house.
Distribution
and Displacement
of
population.
The distribution of the population in the eight
registration sub-districts has undergone a modification.
The degrees of density tend towards a more
uniform standard. There has been an overflow from
the inner to the outer districts. The population of the
four inner divisions has declined. The population of the four
outer divisions has increased. But the increase of the outer is
larger in proportion than the decrease of the inner. Whilst
Lambeth Church 1st, has lost 1852 inhabitants, Brixton has
gained 10,568. Whilst Lambeth Church 2nd, has lost 712,
Norwood has become more important by an increase in its population
of 6,640. The total decrease in the four inner registration
sub-districts during the ten years ending June, 1891, numbers
5,435 persons. The total increase of the four outer wards numbers
26,938.
The displacement of population from the central districts of
Lambeth, and the settlement of population in those districts which
are situated in the outer ring or on the circumference of the inner,
is a part of a greater movement which affects the whole