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St Giles (Camberwell) 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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CAMBERWELL.—Returns of Births and Deaths for the Fifty-Two Weeks ending Saturday, December 3lst, 1870.
TABLE 1.-RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN DISTRICTS.
| NAMES OF SUB-DISTRICTS. | BIRTHS. | ACCORDING TO AGE. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5. | From 5 to 10. | From 10 to 20. | From 20 to 30. | From 30 to 40. | From 40 to 50. | From 50 to 60. | From 60 to 70. | From 70 to 80. | From 80 to 90. | From 90 upwards | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Premature Birth. | Child-birth. | Erysipelas, Pyæmia, &c. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis &c | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Croup. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy. | Tubercular Diseases. | Congenital Syphilis. | Other diseases chiely Chronic. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DULWICH | 32 | 28 | 60 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | l | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | l | l | 0 | l | l | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| CAMBERWELL | 516 | 490 | 1006 | 388 | 399 | 787 | 160 | 93 | 27 | 22 | 47 | 57 | 72 | 76 | 95 | 96 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 90 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 40 | 110 | 15 | 5 | 295 |
| PECKHAM | 693 | 730 | 1423 | 439 | 406 | 845 | 247 | 138 | 49 | 31 | 42 | 36 | 63 | 41 | 77 | 70 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 84 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 18 | 77 | 86 | 32 | 1 | 227 |
| ST. GEORGE'S | 643 | 607 | 1250 | 356 | 327 | 683 | 206 | 146 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 47 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 44 | 62 | 17 | 4 | 165 |
| TOTAL | 1884 | 1855 | 3739 | 1210 | 1152 | 2362 | 621 | 383 | 121 | 84 | 122 | 138 | 182 | 160 | 225 | 212 | 101 | 13 | 40 | 184 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 132 | 229 | 129 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 192 | 57 | 23 | 162 | 259 | 64 | 10 | 708 |
| TABLE 11.-RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN QUARTERS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 460 | 494 | 954 | 330 | 335 | 665 | 134 | 129 | 31 | 23 | 36 | 31 | 53 | 50 | 68 | 71 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 106 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 60 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 190 |
| 2nd Quarter | 482 | 446 | 928 | 262 | 248 | 510 | 132 | 77 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 43 | 43 | 55 | 46 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 158 |
| 3rd Quarter | 467 | 435 | 902 | 326 | 288 | 614 | 229 | 89 | 32 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 41 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 107 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 63 | 28 | 4 | 174 |
| 4th Quarter | 475 | 480 | 955 | 292 | 281 | 573 | 126 | 88 | 33 | 25 | 33 | 41 | 46 | 35 | 61 | 56 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 17 | 7 | 37 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 186 |
| TOTAL | 1884 | 1855 | 3739 | 1210 | 1152 | 2362 | 621 | 383 | 121 | 84 | 122 | 138 | 182 | 160 | 225 | 212 | 101 | 13 | 40 | 184 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 132 | 229 | 129 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 192 | 57 | 23 | 162 | 259 | 64 | 10 | 708 |
Population of Camberwell in 1861, 71,488. Dulwich, 1,723; Camberwell, 21,297; Peckham, 28,135; St. George's, 20,333.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 169 occurring in the Workhouse, and 73 in Two Lunatic Asylums.