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St Giles (Camberwell) 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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Table I.—Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the year terminating December, 1860.
In what Localities ?
At what Ages ?
From what Causes ?
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 Diarrhoea
(not of Infants)
and Cholera.
Scarlet Fever and
Cynanche Maligna.
Small Pox.
Erysipelas, Pyoemia, and
Puerperal Fever.
Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and
Pneumonia of Infants,
under Three years of age.
Measles, Hooping Cough,
and Croup.
Hydrocephalus and Convulsions
of Infancy.
Phthisis and other Tubercular
diseases.
Other diseases, chiefly
Chronic.
M.
F.
M.F.
Dulwich
8
11
19
1
...
2
1
...
2
1
2
6
4
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
12
Camberwell
210
251
461
123
13
7
9
30
38
44
43
49
105
21
10
4
19
2
1
45
19
23
70
247
Peckham
230
265
495
201
21
6
8
23
39
42
39
45
71
28
11
3
13
2
7
69
39
37
63
223
St. George's
160
193
353
147
16
2
7
21
28
15
21
37
59
17
5
...
13
1
6
52
33
36
55
135
General total
608
720
1328
472
50
17
25
74
107
102
105
137
239
70
26
7
45
5
14
166
91
96
191
607
Table II.
M.
F.
Total
M.
F.
Total
"Workhouse
41
49
90
Camberwell Sub-district
210
251
461
Lunatic Asylums
30
31
61
Sub-district exclusive
of above
139
171
310