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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

St Giles (Camberwell) 1857

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

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Table: TABLE VII. TABLE VIII.

TABLE VII. TABLE VIII.

Births in Districts.Births in the 4 Quarters of the Year
MFM FMFM F
Dulwich1815331st Quarter291260551
Camberwell3052865912nd Quarter259245504
Peckham.4354118463rd Quarter238236474
St. George's.3073066134th Quarter277277554
Total106510182083Total106510182083

Table: TABLE IX.Table showing increase and density of population, &c.

TABLE IX.

Table showing increase and density of population, &c.

Area in Statute Acres.Population in 1841.Population in 1861.Increase of Population per cent, between 1541 & 1851Number of Persons to an Acre in 1851.
London78,0291,948,4172,362,23621.30.3
West District10,786300,711376,42725.34.9
North ditto13,533375,971490 39630.36.2
Central ditto1,938378,653393,2565.2202.9
East ditto6,230392,444485,52223.777.9
South ditto45,542502,548616,63522.713.5
Camberwell4,34239,86854,66737.112.6
Sub-Districts.Dulwich1,42319041,6320*1.1
Camberwell1,33914,17817,74225.213.3
Peclsham1,14612,56319,44454.816.9
St. George43411,22515,?4941.236.5

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* The population of Dulwich may really be considered to have been
stationary between 1841 and 1851, the apparent decrease being due to the
presence, during the time the census was taken in 1841, of a considerable
number of Haymakers, and to the existence of one or two Schools which
were subsequently discontinued.