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19 deaths, 5 were of inhabitants of Camberwell, 7 of St.
George's and a similar number of Peckham.
Enteric fever caused 32 deaths, 19 of which were of
those who had been removed to outside institutions. Camberwell
is credited with 11 deaths, Peckham with 12, and
St. George's with 9.
The number of notification certificates and also the
number of deaths from diphtheria has undergone a striking
increase as compared with the previous year, in fact it is nearly
the same as in 1898, although it is a good way behind 1897, when
we were nearly at the top of the tree. Diphtheria and measles
are the only instances in which Camberwell is above the average
in the death-rates calculated by the Registrar-General so
far as the "zymotic" diseases are concerned. The death-rate
for the whole of London (which must be carefully distinguished
from the attack rate) was .43 per thousand living in 1899,
compared with .39 in 1898, the most marked decrease being in
the central and west districts, but to compensate and more than
compensate there is an increased number in the east and south.
To illustrate this, especially in our own part of the
world, I put below the figures for some of the Sanitary
Authorities south of the Thames, which in most instances shew
a greatly increased death-rate for the past year.
Sanitary Areas.
1898.
1899.
1.04
St. George-the-Martyr
0.60
St. Olave
0.27
0.81
Bermondsey
0.51
1.03
Battersea
0.70
0.86
Rotherhithe
0.27
0.78
Lambeth
0.38
0.51
Camberwell
0.33
0.61
Lewisham (excluding Penge)
0.29
0.75
There has been an increased amount of notification in
all the registration sub-districts; the increase, however, is
more marked in Camberwell than in any other district, both
for persons under and over the age of 5 years. In my report
ix.