Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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CAMBERWELL.—RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28T H, 1867.
TABLE I.—Returns of Births and Deaths in Districts.
Names of Sub-Distrtcts. | BIRTHS | ACCORDING TO AGE. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under One year. | From 1 to 5. | From 5 to 10. | From 10 to 20. | From 20 to 30. | From 30 to 40. | From 40 to 50. | From 50 to 60. | From 60 to 70. | From 70 to 80. | From 80 to 90. | From 90 upwards. | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Child-birth. | Pneumonia, Bronchi tis&c | Diarrhoea & Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Croup. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions. of Infancy. | Tubercular Diseases. | Other Diseases chiefly Chronic. | |||||||
Premature Birth. | Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Erysipelas, Pyaemia, &c. | Under 5 years. | Over 6 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich | 32 | 28 | 60 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Camberwell | 446 | 423 | 869 | 338 | 331 | 669 | 121 | 75 | 17 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 85 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 91 | 7 | 290 |
Peckham | 663 | 66l | 1324 | 378 | 367 | 745 | 199 | 126 | 25 | 29 | 40 | 52 | 48 | 56 | 72 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 69 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 72 | 105 | 34 | 224 |
St, George's | 628 | 536 | 1164 | 3OO | 309 | 609 | 181 | 117 | 35 | 22 | 28 | 48 | 39 | 28 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 41 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 59 | 72 | 19 | 175 |
Total | 1769 | 1648 | 3417 | 1033 | 1023 | 2056 | 511 | 320 | 78 | 72 | 118 | 172 | 153 | 151 | 209 | 175 | 82 | 15 | 60 | 147 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 132 | 186 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 75 | 41 | 9 | 170 | 270 | 62 | 701 |
TABLE II.—Returns of Births and Deaths in Quarters.
1st Quarter | 459 | 424 | 883 | 310 | 314 | 624 | 156 | 111 | 24 | 17 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 44 | 64 | 54 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 77 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 71 | 21 | 184 |
2nd Quarter | 455 | 401 | 856 | 265 | 239 | 504 | 107 | 71 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 42 | 48 | 41 | 53 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 85 | 9 | 190 |
3rd Quarter | 436 | 412 | 848 | 219 | 200 | 419 | 114 | 68 | 19 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 23 | 25 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 57 | 20 | 143 |
4th Quarter | 419 | 411 | 830 | 239 | 270 | 509 | 134 | 70 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 45 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 45 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 57 | 12 | 184 |
Total | 1769 | 1648 | 3417 | 1033 | 1023 | 2056 | 511 | 320 | 78 | 72 | 118 | 172 | 153 | 151 | 209 | 175 | 82 | 15 | 60 | 147 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 132 | 186 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 75 | 41 | 9 | 170 | 270 | 62 | 701 |
Population of Camberwell in 1861, 71488. Dulwich, 1723 ; Camberwell, 21297 ; Peckham, 28135 ; St. George's, 20333.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 138 occurring in the Workhouse, and 108 in two Lunatic Asylums.