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General's estimate of the general corrected death-rate for
London is 18.3, and that for South London taken as a whole is
17.7. But according to his calculations the death-rate for
Camberwell is 16.4, instead of 16.7, as it is according to my
figures. This difference can be explained to a small extent by
the difference in our estimate of the population, but still more
by the fact that I have included the deaths of all persons in
outside Institutions, no matter how long they may have been
away.
Table VII.—Death-Rates In Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
18.88
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
St.
George's.
9.85
16.75
1895
21.28
20.78
20. 03
18.66
8.73
16.11
1896
20.35
16.98
14.31
18.91
1897
8.69
18.98
1898
10.05
15.07
18.74
17.03
16.70
Tables VIII. and IX. give the deaths occurring in the
Parish, and Table X. those of inhabitants who have died in
institutions outside the Parish, both arranged according to age,
season, and disease, and also as to the registration sub-district
of the Parish from which they were removed, whenever this
information was given on the death certificate; in those cases
where it was missing the deaths have been included under the
head of unclassified. They were for the most part deaths of
persons who had died in lunatic asylums, and the only information
forthcoming was that they belonged to Camberwell.
Table XI. gives much the same information only
classified in a manner required by the Local Government
Board, so that all the reports of Medical Officers shall be made
on a uniform plan. The chief differences are that there are
two separate classifications of rheumatic fever and heart
disease, and one for phthisis considered by itself, and not under
the general heading of tuberculous disease. The heading of
"heart disease" is a little difficult in the way of classification,