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diarrhœa of children, which, according to Dr. Ballard, is always
more prevalent when the temperature of the earth is high.
Table VI.—Death-Rates in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
St.
George's.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Peckham.
Camberwell.
19.58
12.08
22.53
19.38
17.34
1893
16.33
17.72
14.89
1894
7.85
17.37
15.9
19.61
1895
18.2
9.86
20.27
The Tables VII. and VIII. give the deaths due to the
Parish classified according to age, diseases and seasons, while
Table IX. shows those which took place in Institutions outside
its boundary arranged in a like form, but in making a comment
on the numbers I have added the similar diseases together,
whether occurring in the Parish or outside.
In accordance with the order of the Local Government
Board I have inserted two tables drawn up on the form suggested
by them for the period I have been your Medical Officer.
Accidental or other violence caused 149 deaths as
compared with 140 in 1894. Deaths returned as due to
premature birth or defective vitality, and to convulsions of
infancy, severally numbered 449 and 142, against 374 and 122
which were the respective figures for 1894. Twenty-seven
deaths were attributed to the immediate or remote effects of
child-birth, of this number 9 were certified as having occurred
from puerperal fever or puerperal septicæmia. Twenty-five
deaths were returned as due to erysipelas, pyæmia or allied
diseases, and of this number 11 occurred in Institutions outside
the Parish.
Tubercular diseases, in which are included pulmonary
consumption and the disease commonly called consumption of
the bowels, caused 635 deaths, against 579 in 1894 and 680 in
1893; cancerous disease was credited with 194 deaths, against
181 in 1894 and 193 in 1893. Inflammatory affections of the
lungs caused 945 deaths, against 716 in 1894 and 940 in 1893.
Diarrhœal affections caused 254 deaths, against 115 in 1894
and 213 in 1893.