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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 VII.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the Six Years, from 1856, to 1861 inclusive.

Table VII.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell, during the Six Years, from 1856, to 1861 inclusive.

Years.In what Localities.At what Ages ?From what Causes ?
Estimated Population.Deaths per Cent.Dulwich.Camberwell.Peckham.St. George's.TOTAL.0 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3030 to 4010 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, Pyæmia 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.
185663,07718.71743441631656162211834274921226710492103116182851973052610410090165552
185764,75919.4164954343146296301259430462018851011051121431991072418444161205299179596
185866,44121.721530470419688752144052767273283117109115160203101207143712126108108169639
185968,12320.120483500364641726136749458172677113122114138208813148212151836689182622
186069,80519.01946149535360872013284725017257410710210513723970267455141669196191607
185171,48819.828486536367683736141952149312581105103112149243992593828164102114198660

Table: Table VIII —Shewing the Births, during 1861.

Table VIII —Shewing the Births, during 1861.

M. F.M.F.M. F.
Dulwich421st Quarter324297621
Camberwell6682nd Quarter293300593
Peckham9723rd Quarter271324595
St. George's7094th Quarter292390582
Total2391118012112391