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(89 less than in 1868); and in St. George's 1,301 (8 less
than in 1808); the deaths were, in Dulwich 41 (10 more
than in 18(58); in Camberwell 771 (27 more than in 1868);
in Peckham 790 (52 less than in 1868); and in St.
George's 766 (97 more than in 1868). But here again it
is necessary to make a correction for the extra weekly
return for the year 1868; with this correction, there was
last year, as compared with the year before:—in Dulwich
an increase of 12 in the births and of 11 in the deaths;
in Camberwell an increase of 70 in the births and of 41 in
the deaths; in Peckham a decrease of 60 in the births,
and ot 36 in the deaths; and in St. George's an increase
of 17 in the births and of 110 in the deaths.
These figures point pretty clearly to an increase in the
population of Dulwich and in that of Camberwell, to a diminution
in the population of Peckham, and possibly to a slight
increase in the population of St. George's. But the great
increase of deaths proportionately to the increase of births
in the latter sub-district points also, and very obviously, to
an undue amount of fatal disease in that locality.
I will try to estimate the death-rates for the sub-districts
on the same plan by which I have calculated it for the
whole parish. It will be necessary for this purpose first
to calculate the amount of the population for each subdistrict,
second to determine the number of deaths which
have occurred in each.
If the sub-districts have increased since 1861 at the
same annual rates at which they increased respectively
during the decenniad 1851—61, then populations in the
middle of 1869 were as follows:—Dulwich 1,801, Camber-