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Camberwell 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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I—2
the number of assessments in 1910 by the same factor that we
found actually existed in 1901, the factor being the number of
persons found actually to exist per assessment.

Table: Table A.—Population of Camberwell and Sub-Districts.

Table A.—Population of Camberwell and Sub-Districts.

Borough.Dulwich.South Camberwell.North Camberwell.South Peckham.North Peckham.St. George's.
As enumerated at census 1896253,0767,51990,28688,24267,029
As enumerated at census 1901259,33910,24790,46593,03865,589
As calculated for middle of 1903262,96811,21492,07994,28665,283
As calculated for middle of 1904265,13914,259108,02894,32347,449
As calculated for middle of 1905267,59414,677110,64894,85647,420
As calculated for middle of 1906270,15315,13045,12566,59845,58549,68248,033
As calculated for middle of 1907272,47915,60045,91567,19545,83149,87248,066
As calculated for middle of 1908273,85616,17046,40067,44045,94349,76948,134
As calculated for middle of 1909275,27516,44747,30967,51646,02549,82748,151

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The number of births registered in the Borough was 6,547
to which must be added 112, representing the children of Camberwell
mothers who were born in institutions outside its boundaries. For
the purposes of allocation these births, as a rule, have had to be
considered as a class apart, since it has usually been impossible to
ascertain the wards in which they resided previous to their departure
for the lying-in hospitals, &c., where their infants were born; the
various wards have therefore been credited with these births in the
same way as the unclassified deaths have been distributed among
them.

Table: Table B.—Births in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.

Table B.—Births in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.

Year.Borough.Dulwich.South Camberwell.North Camberwell.South Peckham.North Peckham.St. George's.Unattached.
19086,8852171,0641,6461,0801,3701,352156
19096,6892301,0141,5579861,4111,349142
Difference—196+13—50—89—94+41-3-14

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Altogether there have been 196 fewer births in Camberwell than
the previous year, there being a decrease in all the registration sub-districts