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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Giles (Camberwell) 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Table I.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the year terminating December, 1860.

Table I.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the year terminating December, 1860.

In what Localities ?At what Ages ?Prom what Causes ?
TOTAL.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.FeverDysentery and Acute Diar hrœa (not of Infants)and Cholera.Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyœmia, and Puerperal Fever.Diarrhœa, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants, under Three years of age.Measles Hooping Cough, and Croup.Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases.Other diseases, chiefly Chronic.
M.F.M.F.
Dulwich811191...21...212644........................312
Camberwell2102514611231379303844434910521104192145192370247
Peckham230265495201216823394239457128113132769393763223
St. George's1601933531471627212815213759175...131652333655135
General total60872013284725017257410710210513723970267455141669196191607

Table: Table II.

Table II.

M.F.Total.WorkhouseM.F.Total.
414990
Camberwell Sub-district210251461Lunatic Asylums.303161
Sub-district exclusive of above139171310