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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 III.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Seasons during the year, 1862.

Table III.—Shewing the Mortality of the Parish of Camberwell in Seasons during the year, 1862.

At what Ages ?From what Causes ?
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.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.Hooping Cough.Croup.Erysipelas, Pyaemia, and Puerperal Fever.Dysentery and Acute Diar-rhcea (not of Infants) and Cholera.Diarrhoea, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia of Infants under three years of age.Hydrocephalus and Convulsions of Infancy.Phthisis and other Tuber-cluar diseases.Other diseases, chiefly Chronic.
M.F.M.F.
First Quarter222245467157229112435443554762229021121315770283452227
Second Quarter169203372149161082035332030513018016961454l373062140
Third Quarter141156297117151561119271831382440147610311472141118
Fourth Quarter1832344171782667203320313561331305012714622402352163
Total71583815536017940327512212410415022610964010140325321144152108207648

Table: Table IV.—Shewing Population of Camberwell at last Census, 1861.

Table IV.—Shewing Population of Camberwell at last Census, 1861.

Dulwich.Camberwell.Peckham.St. George's.Total.
Males7309,11912,4859,30131,635
Females99312,17815,65011,03239,853
Males and Females1,72321,29728,13520,33371,488