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while on the other hand the mortality of Peckham fell from
20.29 to 19·58, and that of Dulwich from 12.75 to 12.08.
The results on the whole are not unsatisfactory. It will be
observed, however, that the birth-rate and the death-rate of
Dulwich continue, as they always have been, remarkably
low; whilst that of St. George's shows a manifest increasestill
it is considerably below the death-rates of the central
and eastern group of districts.
Table VIII.—Death-rates in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
St.
George's.
1892
19.06
12.75
16.68
20.29
21.23
19.58
22.53
19.38
1893
12.08
17.34
Tables IX. and X. give between them the mortality
returns for the year ending 1893, according to sex, to age,
to disease, and also according to districts and to 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 1893, 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.
One hundred and twenty-nine deaths were due to
accidental or other violence, or 15 more than in the previous
year. Deaths attributable to premature birth or defective
vitality and to convulsions of infancy, collectively numbered
510, or 47 fewer than in 1892. To child-birth 45 deaths
were attributed, 10 more than in the previous year; of which