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ANNUAL REPORT
by
J. S. Bristowe, M.D., Lond., Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians, Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
During the year 1863, 1731 deaths were registered in
the parish of Camberwell. Of these 873 were of males, 858 of
females; 22 took place in the sub-district of Dulwich, 450 in
that of St. George's, 560 in that of Camberwell and G99 in that
of Peckham. But of the 560 assigned to the Camberwell subdistrict,
67 occurred in the Lunatic asylums and 102 in the
Workhouse.
The numbers of deaths at different ages were as follows:—
726 between birth and 5 years, 94 between 5 and 10, 40 between
10 and 15, 47 between 15 and 20, 103 between 20 and
30, 92 between 30 and 40, 120 between 40 and 50, 125
between 50 and 60, 169 between 60 and 70, and 215 from 70
upwards.
The deaths may be thus arranged in respect of their causes:—
135 were due to "violence, privation, poison, or premature
birth," 13 to "dysentery, or acute diarrhoea (not of infants)
169 to "diarrhoea, bronchitis, or pneumonia of infants under
3 years of age;" 165 to "hydrocephalus or convulsions of
infancy;" 240 to "phthisis or other tubercular diseases;" 41
to "fever;" 14 to "small-pox;" 124 to "scarlet fever;" 29