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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) 1858

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

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Table: Table I.— Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the 52 weeks terminating Saturday, January 1st, 1859.

Table I.— Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the 52 weeks terminating Saturday, January 1st, 1859.

In what Localities ?At what Ages ?From what Causes ?
M.F.Total.0 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4040 to 5050 to 6060 to 7070 and over.Violence, Privation, Poison, and Premature Birth.Fever.Dysentery and Acute Diarrhoea (not of Infants) and Cholera.Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyocmia, and Puerperal Fever.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants under three years.Measles, Hooping Cough, and Croup.Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases.Other diseases, chiefly Chronic.
Dulwich9122152...13312312......2......21167
Camberwell24628453012223910335859568278216435...344192562311
Peckham2262444702012391124332729427142112416336464856179
St. George's207212419199199102323222833533631651644423445142
General total688752144052767273283117109115160203101207143712126108108169639

Table: Table II.

Table II.

M.F.TotalM.F.Total.
Workhouse388674
Camberwell sub-district246284530Lunatic Asylums.6160121
Sub-district exclusive of above147188335