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Table IV. gives the birth-rates per thousand for the
Parish and its sub-districts; for the Parish there is a falling off
of 0-2, a diminution of 0.5 in Dulwich, of 0.8 in Camberwell,
while Peckham and St. George's both show an increase of
0.2. In 1893 the birth-rate for the Parish was 30.1.
Table IV.—Birth-Rates of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich.
St.
George's.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
1894
29.1
10.7
26.4
30.3
32.9
10.2
25.6
28.9
33.1
1895
30.5
The total number of deaths registered in the Parish for
the year amounts to 4,269, but in order to ascertain the correct
death-rate we have to add to this total 458, being the number
of deaths which, although occurring in hospitals and other
institutions outside Camberwell, were those of people belonging
to the Parish. The total number of deaths therefore due to the
Parish, and from which the death-rate is calculated, amounts
to 4,727. But when it comes to calculating the death-rates for
the registration sub-districts, it is necessary to make certain
corrections. There are, as Dr. Bristowe has pointed out in
previous reports, a number of deaths which took place in the
Infirmary and Workhouses, which are situated in the
Camberwell sub-district, and these deaths are therefore
included in its total; but only a certain proportion of these are
of persons who had previously lived in the Camberwell division,
while the remainder will be drawn from other parts of the
Parish. I have consequently, following the example of my
predecessor, re-distributed the deaths in those institutions,
which amounted to 582, 364 being credited to the Infirmary,
120 to the Workhouses, and 98 to the Lunatic Asylums.
The steps of this operation are shown on next page in
tabular form.
I have of course excluded altogether from my calculations
those deaths which occurred in the St. Saviour's Infirmary,
which practically is part of another Parish although it stands in
Camberwell, and by its presence there causes a slight falsification
of the death rate, since the inmates are reckoned as
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