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DEATH RATES IN CAMBERWELL AND ITS SUB-DISTRICTS FOR THE
PAST 10 YEARS.
South
Camberwell.
North
Camberwell
South Peckham.
North
Peckham.
St.
George's.
Year.
Borough.
Dulwich.
14.8
11.7
15.5
12.7
16.5
15.6
1906
9.5
12.2
14.0
1907
9.0
14.9
12.6
16.1
16.1
11.1
13.1
14.2
12.1
15.6
13.4
1908
8.4
10.5
13.7
1909
9.8
14.3
12.9
16.6
15.0
12.2
9.0
9.5
12.8
11.0
14.4
14.5
1910
11.4
1911
14.2
10.1
15.1
14.3
15.7
15.2
12.8
12.0
9.8
13.4
12.5
14.6
13.8
1912
13.9
1913
10.5
10.7
13.8
13.6
16.7
15.5
13.6
9.1
10.9
14.6
14.2
15.8
13.9
1914
15.4
12.9
17.7
16.6
1915
11.6
15.3
16.0
A reference to the following table will, however, at once dispose
of any idea that the increase is confined to Camberwell, for we are
the fourth on the list of South London Boroughs, the same position
that we occupied last year, and it will be seen that we are seventh
instead of eighth, as in 1914, on the London Sanitary Authorities'
list. The conditions which make for an element of unreliability in
the calculation obtain alike in all the Boroughs, so their association
for purposes of comparison is not unjustifiable.
In view of the unreliability of the population, a comparison of
the rates of the smaller numbers in the sub-districts will not lead to
any profitable conclusion. It is, however, legitimate to state that
all the divisions show an increase of a considerable number, the
least increase being in North Camberwell.
The death-rate for the whole County was 16.8, compared with
14.4 for 1914.
The infantile mortality rate rose from 99 per 1,000 births to 103.
This proportion, based as it is on the actual number of births and
deaths, is of value for comparison with other districts, but considered
apart from this is only of value if it be combined with some examination
of its components. The deaths of those children under
a month old have shown a decrease of 29, which is fairly evenly
distributed among the four weeks. The decrease continues until
the age period 6-9 months, when there is a very decided increase,
to be followed by a still greater one in the 9-12 months period.
Upon considering the individual diseases as causes of death one