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and 587 in Peckham. In the sub-district of Camberwell however
are situated the Workhouse, and two Lunatic Asylums, in
the former of which 89 deaths took place, in the latter 93; and
hence the mortality of this district is disproportionately and
unduly raised.
As regards the ages of the defunct: 601 deaths occurred in
children under 5 years of age; 79 between the ages of 5 and 10,
40 from 10 to 15; 32 from 15 to 20; 75 from 20 to 30; 122
from 30 to 40; 124 from 40 to 50; 104 from 50 to 60; 150
from 60 to 70; and 126 from 70 upwards, of whom 81 had
exceeded 80 years.
The causes of death were as follows:— 109 deaths were due to
"violence, privation, poison or premature birth;” 64 to "fever;”
101 to "scarlet fever;” 40 to "diphtheria 32 to "measles;”
53 to "hooping cough;” 21 to "croup;” 14 to "erysipelas,
pyaemia or puerperal fever;” 4 to "dysentery, and acute
diarrhoea (not of infants);” 152 to " diarrhœa, bronchitis, and
pneumonia of infants under 3 years of age;” 108 to
"hydrocephalus and convulsions of infancy;” 207 to "phthisis
and other tubercular diseases;” and 648 to "other diseases
chiefly of a chronic nature."
In the first quarter of the year 467 deaths were recorded; in
the second quarter 372 ; in the third quarter 297; and in the
last quarter 417.
2488 children were born in the course of the year; of these
1242 were girls, 1246 boys; 40 were born in Dulwich; 681 in
Camberwell; 765 in St. George's; and 1002 in Peckham. The
births in the first quarter of the year were 670; in the second
611; in the third 597; and in the fourth 610.
Such are the bare facts which are exhibited in the tables
appended to this report; a few of these facts we will now
proceed to discuss