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Table III. gives the total number of births registered
during the year in the Parish, showing a decrease of 232 contrasted
with the increase of 16 that 1899 showed over 1898.
The decrease is most marked in St. George's and Camberwell,
and the increase in Peckham and Dulwich. The increase in
the latter district is not a matter of surprise considering the
number of new houses that are there being erected.
TABLE III.-BIRTHS IN CAMBERWELL AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
St.
George's.
Parish.
Peckham.
2,230
101
1899
7,443
2,669
2,443
1900
109
2,041
7,211
2,356
2,705
-189
-232
-87
Difference
+36
+8
Table IV. shews the birth-rate of the whole Borough,
together with its sub-districts. The decrease has been well
marked except in Dulwich, where there has been an increase,
and in Peckham which remains nearly as in 1899.
TABLE IV.—BIRTHS-RATES OF CAMBERWELL AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
St.
George's.
Parish.
Dulwich.
28.04
12.59
32.07
1899
29.17
25.34
1900
26.77
13.32
29.24
29.03
23.95
The total number of deaths registered of inhabitants of
the Borough, excluding 767 which occurred in St. Saviour's
Infirmary, amounted to 4,455, compared with 4,693 in 1899,
the deaths of parishioners occurring in institutions outside the
Borough being of course included in these totals. The number
of deaths is consequently 92 below the average number of
deaths in the years 1890-1899. 1,107 deaths were those of
infants under one year, compared with 1,181 in the last year,
being 54 below the decennial average.
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