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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) 1861

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

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Table: Table III.— Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Districts during the year 1861.

Table III.— Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Districts during the year 1861.

In what Localities ?At what Ages ?From what Causes ?
Deaths per Cent.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.FeverDysentery and Acute Diarrhoea (not of Infants) and Cholera.Scarlet Fever and Cynanche Maligna.Small Pox.Erysipelas, Pyaemia, 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
Dulwich16.51711288...11...424811.........223217
Camberwell22.8 or *15.522326348613716862545454657101191059...145263659276
Peckham19.1257279536218161311324036404189489122...367384380225
St. George's18.01861833691581797242018244745316272450363257142
General total19.8683736141952149312581105103112149243992593828164102114198660
* According to the inclusion or exclusion of Deaths in the Workhouse and the Lunatic Asylums.

Table: Table IV.—Shewing Deaths in Workhouses and Lunatic Asylums in 1861.

Table IV.—Shewing Deaths in Workhouses and Lunatic Asylums in 1861.

M.F.Total.M.P.Total.
403777
Workhouse
Camberwell Sub-district223263486Lunatic Asylums.403878
Sub-district exclu-sive of above143188331