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Camberwell 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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Table: Table I.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell during the year 1856, (shewing Mortality of each District.)

Table I.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell during the year 1856, (shewing Mortality of each District.)

At what Ages ?Prom what Causes ?
M.F.Total.Total Mortality due to each District, after a proportionate division among them of the Deaths occurring in Workhouse and Asylums.0 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Violence, Privation, Poison and Premature Birth.Fever.Dysentery and Acute Diarrhoea (not of Infants) and Cholera.Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyœmia and Puerperal Fever.Diarrhœa, Bronchitis, & Pneumonia of Infants under three.Measles, Hooping Cough and Croup.Hydrophobia, and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis and other tubercular diseases.Other diseases, chiefly Chronic.
Dulwich71017213.........2151311...............1......69
*Camberwell2142204343381191359265243464873264171833162865245
Peckham186230416467169229619302134426725103101942573047182
St. George15416231635713614672021232223413353133928273247116
General Total561622118311834274921226710492103116182851973052610410090165552

Table: Table II.

Table II.

M.F.Total.WorkhouseM.F.Total.
393473
*Camberwell214220434Lunatic Asylums444387
Sub-district exclusive of above131143274