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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) 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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CAMBERWELL.— RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE FIFTY-THREE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 2 ND, 1869
TABLE I.— Returns of Births and Deaths in Districts.
| Names of Sub-Districts. | BIRTHS | DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCORDING TO AGE. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 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. | Premature Birth. | Child-birth: | Erysipelas, Pyaemia, &c. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis&c | Diarrhœa & Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Croup. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy. | Tubercular Diseases. | Other diseases chiefly Chronic. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulwich | 39 | 29 | 68 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Camberwell | 449 | 475 | 924 | 368 | 376 | 744 | 169 | 109 | 18 | 30 | 40 | 59 | 59 | 56 | 101 | 82 | 26 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 54 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 96 | 8 | 314 |
| Peckham | 749 | 745 | 1494 | 425 | 417 | 842 | 238 | 156 | 36 | 22 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 59 | 80 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 66 | 61 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 66 | 90 | 42 | 265 |
| St. George's | 657 | 652 | 1309 | 343 | 326 | 669 | 218 | 123 | 26 | 19 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 38 | 52 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 58 | 66 | 19 | 191 |
| Total | 1894 | 1901 | 3795 | 1151 | 1135 | 2286 | 627 | 390 | 81 | 73 | 134 | 155 | 156 | 160 | 203 | 203 | 89 | 15 | 50 | 147 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 175 | 163 | 113 | 17 | 16 | 58 | 67 | 30 | 17 | 71 | 45 | 13 | 166 | 253 | 70 | 788 |
TABLE II.— Returns of Births and Deaths in Quarters.
| 1st Quarter | 486 | 501 | 987 | 288 | 286 | 574 | 139 | 101 | 19 | 15 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 29 | 54 | 63 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 65 | 14 | 207 |
| 2nd Quarter | 444 | 454 | 898 | 262 | 249 | 511 | 127 | 116 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 47 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 49 | 62 | 21 | 164 |
| 3rd Quarter | 493 | 464 | 957 | 297 | 297 | 594 | 222 | 79 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 41 | 35 | 48 | 38 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 98 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 60 | 19 | 191 |
| 4th Quarter | 471 | 482 | 953 | 304 | 303 | 607 | 139 | 94 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 45 | 42 | 48 | 64 | 65 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 67 | 61 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 66 | 16 | 226 |
| Total | 1894 | 1901 | 3795 | 1151 | 1135 | 2286 | 627 | 390 | 81 | 73 | 134 | 155 | 156 | 160 | 203 | 203 | 89 | 15 | 50 | 147 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 175 | 163 | 113 | 17 | 16 | 58 | 67 | 30 | 17 | 71 | 45 | 13 | 166 | 253 | 70 | 788 |
Population of Camberwell in 1861, 71,488. Dulwich, 1,723; Camberwell, 21,297; Peckham, 28,135; St. George's, 20,333.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 137 occurring in the Workhouse, and 85 in two Lunatic Asylums