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politan area. The central districts of London in the aggregate
and individually, with the exception of Whitechapcl, exhibit a
decrease on the last return. It is probable that the single exception
referred to arises through the large influx of foreigners of
Jewish descent, and to a tendency manifested by those immigrants
to make Whitechapcl a place of settlement.
Density of
Population.
The inner districts of Lambeth consist of an area
of 515 acres, with a population of 85,846. The
outer districts of an area of 3427 acres, with a
population of 189,356.
The degree of density of the former is 167.07 per acre. The
degree of density of the latter is 55.2 per acre. On a superficial
area of the same dimensions, living in the inner warJs are three
persons, as compared with one in the outer.
If the densest district of the inner combination the compared with
the sparsest of the outer, the divergence in degree of density is
remarkable. Waterloo 1st, with an area of 67 acres, boasts a population
of 14,031 persons. Norwood, with an acreage of 1,009, has
25,657 inhabitants. The degree of density in Waterloo 1st, is 209
per acre. The degree of density in Norwood is 25 per acre. On
a superficial area of the same dimensions in Waterloo 1st, arc eight
persons living, as compared with one in Norwood.
Birth Rate.
Although the population is greater by several
thousands than it was ten years ago, the births registered
in the parish of Lambeth during the year 1890
number 100 less than in 1880. Since the opening year of the
dccennium a tendency indicating the advent of a less prolific
period is observable. Before that time the rate usually ranged in
the neighbourhood of the forties. Since then it has dwindled and
now hovers about the small thirties. Nor is the retrograde movement
confined to Lambeth alone. Having regard to the larger
volume of its adult population the metropolis generally has fewer