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Camberwell 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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The total decrease in the actual number of births for the whole
Borough is 258, North Camberwell being the only district to show
an increase. The greatest decrease was in North Peckham, St.George's
not being so very far behind.
Table C.—Births in Camberwell and its SUB-Districts.
| Year. | Borough. | Dulwich. | South Camberwell. | North Camberwell. | South peckham. | North Peckham. | St. George's. | Unattached. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 6,657 | 195 | 935 | 1,505 | 993 | 1,444 | 1,439 | 146 |
| 1911 | 6,399 | 190 | 948 | 1,612 | 967 | 1,291 | 1,334 | 57 |
| Difference | -258 | —5 | +13 | +107 | — 26 | -153 | —105 | -89 |
It will be seen that the birth rates have apparently increased in
all districts except in St. George's and North Peckham. The decrease
is really greater than it appears, for last year the estimate of
the population in both these districts was considerably higher than
that which was actually enumerated.
Table D.- Birth- Rates of camberwell and its Sub-distrits.
| Year. | Borough. | Dulwich. | South Camberwell. | North Camberwell. | South Peckham. | North Peckham. | St.George's. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 23.8 | 12.3 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 29.1 | 30.3 |
| 1911 | 24.4 | 12.8 | 21.2 | 25.2 | 22.5 | 27.2 | 29.2 |
The actual number of the registrations received from the local
registrars amounted to 4,097, but this included deaths which,
although they were of persons who died in Camberwell, were of
those who had been brought into this Borough for the purpose of
treatment, and in the main were either denizens of the St. Saviour's
Infirmary, which receives the sick from the poor law district of that
name, and also of the two lunatic asylums where patients are treated
from all parts of England. Such are therefore excluded from the
Camberwell death returns, and are not reckoned with in the calculation
of the Borough death rate.
When it comes to the estimation of the death rate for the
individual wards another difficulty of classification presents itself in
the deaths taking place in outside institutions, and mainly in those