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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) 1862

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

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Table: Table I.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Districts during the rear 1862.

Table I.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Districts during the rear 1862.

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.Fever iSmall Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.Hooping Cough.Croup,Erysipelas, Pyaemia, and Puerperal Fever.Dysentery and Acute Diarrhoea (not of Infants) and Cholera.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants, under Three years of age.Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases.Other diseases, chiefly Chronic.
M.F.M.F
Dulwich1.4516925101301020352000l000ll6329
Camberwell2.59 or*1.732523005521611491135625250649425270216923522442280286
Peckham2.0862733145872484217112136443654785321059176161420544382220
St. George's1.861742153891822211101824261829492916021161714291484043133
Total2.1771583815536017940327512212410415022610964010140325321144152108207648

Table: Table II.—Shewing Deaths in Workhouses and Lunatic Asylums in 1862.

Table II.—Shewing Deaths in Workhouses and Lunatic Asylums in 1862.

M.F.M.FWorkhouseM.F.M.F.
513889
Camberwell Sub-district252300552Lunatic Asylums.484593
Sub-district exclu-sive of above153217370