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The calculation depends on the idea that the assessments which
are not houses, e.g. bill-posting stations, have only proportionally
increased, and that there has only been an ordinary amount of
immigration, just as the older method depends for its correctness
on the assumption that the population continues to increase in the
same ratio as in the intercensal period. With the birth-rate falling
as it is, this method must tend to become more and more unreliable,
and, as a matter of fact, we have found that the first-named method
more nearly approached the actual figures obtained on the taking of
the census.
Table B. —Births in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Borough.
Dulwich.
South
Camberwell.
North
Camberwell.
South
Peckham.
North
Peckham.
St.
George's.
Unattached.
Year.
111
130
1906
1907
226
205
1,018
969
1,045
1,029
1,471
1,439
1,473
1,386
7,020
6,733
1,676
1,575
— 287
— 49
— 87
+ 19
— 21
— 16
— 32
— 101
Difference
The births showed a decrease of 287 in the whole Borough, the
greatest reductions being shown in the North Camberwell and St.
George's registration sub-districts. There are 6,733 births reported
by the Registrar-General as opposed to 6,603 actually registered in
Camberwell; these extra 130, being the offspring of Camberwell
parents, have been distributed among the sub-districts in a similar
manner to the deaths in outside institutions.
Table C. — Birth-rates of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Year.
Borough.
Dulwich.
South
Camberwell.
North
Camberwell.
South
Peckham.
North
Peckham.
St.
George's.
22.9
22.9
25.9
24.7
14.9
13.1
22.5
21.5
25.1
23.9
30.6
29.3
1906
1907
29.6
29.3
The birth-rate consequently shows a reduction of 1.2 on that of
1906. This will, no doubt, be pounced upon by the alarmists as a
national danger; but, as it has been previously pointed out, it surely
is sounder policy to consider the quality rather than the quantity of
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