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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Camberwell 1856

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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Table: Table III.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell during the Tear 1856, (shewing Mortality of each Quarter.)

Table III.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell during the Tear 1856, (shewing Mortality of each Quarter.)

At what Ages.From what Causes ?
M.F.Total.0 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 30.30 to 40.40 to 50.50 to 60.60 to 70.70 and over.Violence, Privation, Poison and Premature Birth.Fever.Dysentery and Acute Diarrhœa (not of Infants) and Cholera.Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pycemia, and Puerperal Fever.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, & Pneumonia of Infants under three.Measles, Hooping Cough and Croup.Hydrophobia, and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis, and other tubercular diseases.Other Diseasese6, chiefly Chronic.
First Quarter1531603131101523192525293253113...921322233338159
Second Quarter1331632961061176152927273137188...121819302738135
Third Quarter126146272116138615241516233638543153327114897
Fourth Quarter149153302951047182625313056183361...30201941161
General Total56162211834274921226710492103116182851973052610410090165552

Table: Table IV.—Mortality due to Zymotic Diseases in 1856.

Table IV.—Mortality due to Zymotic Diseases in 1856.

Fever.Scarlet Fever.Small Pox.Hooping Cough.Measles.Diarrhæa.Total.
Dulwich............0......
Camberwell4714111138
Peckham1110121271181
St. George4133710744
Total19305324829163