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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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71
and 967 deaths were returned from St. George's. The
subjoined table exhibits the relations of these numbers
to those of the previous year:—
TABLE II.
| Dulwich. | Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. | D. | B. | D. | B. | D. | B. | D. | B. | D. | |
| 1879 | 82 | 39 | 1723 | 1206 | 2617 | 1300 | 1954 | 966 | 6386 | 3511 |
| 1880 | 82 | 50 | 1999 | 1167 | 2670 | 1348 | 1896 | 967 | 6647 | 3532 |
| Difference | 0 | +11 | +276 | -39 | +63 | +48 | -58 | +1 | +261 | +21 |
This table shows slight variations in the numbers
of births and deaths occurring in the several districts
of the Parish during the two years to which it relates;
but these variations are in themselves unimportant,
and have little or no significance independent of their
relation to the numerical condition of the population.
1 propose therefore now, with the object of ascertaining
the death-rate of the Parish and its component
parts, for the year 1880, first to determine as accurately
as I can, the mean population of the Parish
and its parts for the year 1880, or, what is the