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continue to be supervised up to the time of birth of
the child.
We know that if expectant mothers were healthy, and
if their offspring were kept healthy until they had a good
start in life, the amount of invalidism would be very
materially diminished. We also know that the death of a
newly born child is a loss, because of the loss of working
capacity of the mother immediately before and after birth.
Further, if a child suffers from an ailment which does not
kill, but which causes crippling or chronic invalidism, the
loss to the country is even greater, for the parents or the
community have to assume the heavy financial responsibility
of supporting an unproductive member of society.
Deaths.— The number of deaths registered during the
year as having taken place in the Borough was 3,227. The
corrected number of deaths, found by deducting 765 deaths
of non-residents who died in the Borough, and adding 538
deaths of inhabitants of Camberwell who died elsewhere,
is 3,000.
The corrected death rate for 1923 is 11.0, as compared
with 13.4 for 1922. The sub-joined tables show the total
deaths registered, redistributed, and the death rate for each
sub-district and for the whole Borough since 1921:—
Deaths Registered in the Sub-Districts of Camberwell.
Year.
Borough.
Dulwich.
East
Dulwich.
North-West
Camberwell.
Peckham.
North
Camberwell.
Unattached.
1921
1922
1923
3,245
3,635
3,000
160
183
189
493
515
419
819
989
799
940
1,028
881
801
893
696
32
27
16
Deaths Redistributed in Sub-Districts.
Borough.
East
Dulwich.
North-West
Camberwell.
North
Camberwell.
Year.
Dulwich.
Peckham.
1921
3,245
162
498
827
949
809
1922
3,635
519
184
996
1,036
900
1923
3,000
190
421
803
886
700
Year.
Borough.
Dulwich.
East
Dulwieh.
North-West
Camberwell.
Peckham.
North
Camberwell.
1921
11.08
12.3
12.3
12.02
12.0
10.07
11.4
1922
13.4
11.3
14.8
13.3
14.3
1923
11.0
11.6
9.1
11.7
11.3
11.0