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 £1,517,810, with a population
of, in 1891, 275,202.
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