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highly satisfactory. It will be observed, however, that the
birth-rate and death-rate of Dulwich continue, as they
always have been, remarkably low.
Table VIII.—Death-rates in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich
Camberwell.
St.
George's
Peckham.
1893
17·34
19·58
19·38
12·08
22·53
1894
16·33
14·89
17·72
17·37
7·85
Tables IX. and X. give between them the mortality
returns for the year 1894, according to age, to sex, to
disease, and also according to districts and seasons.
Table XI. shows the annual mortality for the most
important of the so-called "zymotic" diseases from the
origin of the Vestry until the end of the year 1894, no
correction being made for increase of population.
Table XII. displays the returns of the same diseases
for the last 6 years quarter by quarter.
140 deaths were due to accidental or other violence,
or 11 more than in the previous year. Deaths attributable
to premature births or defective vitality and to convulsions
of infancy collectively numbered 496 or 14 fewer than in
1893. To child-birth 34 deaths were attributed, 11 fewer
than in the previous year, of which 9 were due to various
forms of so-called "puerperal fever." 6 of these were
due to Camberwell and 3 to Peckham. 28 persons were
stated to have died of erysipelas, carbuncle, or pyæmia,
against 36 in 1893.