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Since last year the population was smaller, and this diminution,
both in the total deaths and also in those of infants, of
course, is of greater import than it may seem at first sight. The
deaths of those persons occurring in institutions outside the
Borough have been distributed according to the sub-districts
whence they were removed, in those instances where we have
been able to get the requisite information; when this has been
impossible they have been considered separately and have been
re-distributed among the sub-districts in proportion to the
recorded deaths in those localities. A similar plan has been
followed out with regard to the Infirmary, Workhouses and
Lunatic Asylums, but in the latter there are of course many
persons who have perhaps been brought in many years ago
from districts outside Camberwell; the deaths of such persons
have accordingly been re-distributed according to the plan
mentioned above.
This seems the fairest way, since otherwise the deathrate
of Camberwell sub-district would be unfavourably affected
by the extra number of deaths occurring in these institutions.
RE-DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS AMONG THE SUB-DISTRICTS OF
CAMBERWELL.
Deaths returned
classified
according to
sub-districts.
Deaths of
persons removed
from unknown
addresses in
Camberwell
re-distributed.
Estimates
of deaths
due to subdistricts.
Dulwich
+3
80
83
1,339
Camberwell
+62
1,401
Peckham
1,591
+73
1,664
1,250
St. George's
+57
1,307
4,455
Total
4,260
+195
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