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Lambeth 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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TO THE VESTRY OF THE
Parish of Lambeth,
1892.
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Of THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
Being a Report for the Year 1892 on the Vital and
Sanitary Statistics of the Parish of Lambeth.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, 25 and 26 Vict.. Cap. 102, Sec. 43,1 herewith lay before
Your Vestry a Report for the year 1892, upon the Vital and
Sanitary Statistics of the Parish of Lambeth.
The population of the Parish of Lambeth, estimated
Population. in the month of June 1892 represented by 277,564
persons. The calculation is based on the ratio of increase
observed in the period of ten years intervening between the last
census and the preceding one. The annual increment thus
determined is 0.85 per cent. Comparing this estimate with the
result of a calculation based on the number of inhabited houses,
there is no material difference in the figures.