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Camberwell 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE I.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1907 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Births.
Deaths under
One Year of Age.
Deaths at all
Ages. Total.
Deaths at all
Ages. Nett.
Year.
Population
estimated to
Middle of
each Year.
Number.
Rate. *
Number.
Rate per
1,000
Births
registered.
Number.
Rate. *
Deaths
in
Public
Institutions.
Deaths
of Nonresidents
registered
in
District.
Deaths
of Residents
registered
beyond
District.
Number.
Rate.*
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
257,772
7,478
29.0
1,187
4,525
17.5
1,842
620
472
4,377
1897
158.7
16.9
373
1898
261,551
7,427
28.3
1,191
160.3
4,639
17.7
1,856
643
4,369
16.7
18.6
1899
265,385
7,443
28.0
1,181
158.6
4,941
2,200
732
484
4,693
17.6
1900
269,276
7,211
1,107
153.5
4,748
17.6
2,188
767
474
16.5
26.7
4,455
259,660
7,260
1,033
142.2
4,576
17.6
2,224
509
1901
27.9
802
4,283
16.4
17.5
2,304
4,272
16.3
1902
261,309
7,333
28.06
1,035
141.1
5,474
818
516
1903
27.7
262,968
7,286
893
122.5
4,004
15.2
1,768
741
366
3,629
13.8
1904
265,139
7,242
27.3
1,084
148.3
4,352
16.4
1,475
776
445
4,021
15.1
267,601
25.9
865
15.2
1,468
495
1905
6,939
124.7
4,067
849
3,713
13.8
942
4,312
1906
270,153
7,020
25.9
134.1
15.9
1,524
808
495
3,999
14.8
4,563
16.9
1,884
755
462
4,181
15.7
Averages
for years
1897 to
1906.
264,081
7,263
27.4
144.4
1,051
1907.
272,479
6,733
24.7
805
119.5
4,217
15.4
1,508
873
479
3,823
14.0
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
TABLE I. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1907 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Number. | Rate.* |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1897 | 257,772 | 7,478 | 29.0 | 1,187 | 158.7 | 4,525 | 17.5 | 1,842 | 620 | 472 | 4,377 | 16.9 |
| 1898 | 261,551 | 7,427 | 28.3 | 1,191 | 160.3 | 4,639 | 17.7 | 1,856 | 643 | 373 | 4,369 | 16.7 |
| 1899 | 265,385 | 7,443 | 28.0 | 1,181 | 158.6 | 4,941 | 18.6 | 2,200 | 732 | 484 | 4,693 | 17.6 |
| 1900 | 269,276 | 7,211 | 26.7 | 1,107 | 153.5 | 4,748 | 17.6 | 2,188 | 767 | 474 | 4,455 | 16.5 |
| 1901 | 259,660 | 7,260 | 27.9 | 1,033 | 142.2 | 4,576 | 17.6 | 2,224 | 802 | 509 | 4,283 | 16.4 |
| 1902 | 261,309 | 7,333 | 28.06 | 1,035 | 141.1 | 5,474 | 17.5 | 2,304 | 818 | 516 | 4,272 | 16.3 |
| 1903 | 262,968 | 7,286 | 27.7 | 893 | 122.5 | 4,004 | 15.2 | 1,768 | 741 | 366 | 3,629 | 13.8 |
| 1904 | 265,139 | 7,242 | 27.3 | 1,084 | 148.3 | 4,352 | 16.4 | 1,475 | 776 | 445 | 4,021 | 15.1 |
| 1905 | 267,601 | 6,939 | 25.9 | 865 | 124.7 | 4,067 | 15.2 | 1,468 | 849 | 495 | 3,713 | 13.8 |
| 1906 | 270,153 | 7,020 | 25.9 | 942 | 134.1 | 4,312 | 15.9 | 1,524 | 808 | 495 | 3,999 | 14.8 |
| Averages for years 1897 to 1906. | 264,081 | 7,263 | 27.4 | 1,051 | 144.4 | 4,563 | 16.9 | 1,884 | 755 | 462 | 4,181 | 15.7 |
| 1907. | 272,479 | 6,733 | 24.7 | 805 | 119.5 | 4,217 | 15.4 | 1,508 | 873 | 479 | 3,823 | 14.0 |