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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) 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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| 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 GO. | From GO to 70. | From 70 to 80. | From 80 to 90. | From 90 upwards | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Premature Birth. | Child-birth. | Erysipelas, Pyæmia, &c. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis &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. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | 40 | 79 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | |
| 468 | 509 | 977 | 366 | 405 | 771 | 164 | 99 | 33 | 23 | 45 | 69 | 63 | 76 | 89 | 69 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 77 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 47 | 95 | 11 | 311 | |
| 708 | 697 | 1405 | 402 | 388 | 790 | 230 | 146 | 41 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 58 | 55 | 81 | 53 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 69 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 52 | 81 | 34 | 224 | |
| 667 | 634 | 1301 | 378 | 393 | 766 | 224 | 177 | 49 | 25 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 35 | 55 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 54 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 52 | 66 | 15 | 200 | |
| TOTAL | 1882 | 1880 | 3762 | 1156 | 1212 | 2368 | 630 | 427 | 123 | 75 | 121 | 163 | 179 | 166 | 230 | 169 | 77 | 8 | 51 | 146 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 174 | 204 | 116 | 6 | 11 | 134 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 164 | 46 | 9 | 154 | 248 | 60 | 748 |
| 1st Quarter | 516 | 464 | 980 | 287 | 295 | 582 | 133 | 100 | 21 | 14 | 31 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 75 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 69 | 19 | 195 |
| 2nd Quarter | 441 | 453 | 894 | 242 | 269 | 511 | 113 | 95 | 18 | 18 | 28 | 42 | 45 | 38 | 48 | 48 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 62 | 11 | 176 |
| 3rd Quarter | 430 | 460 | 89C | 295 | 297 | 592 | 215 | 90 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 99 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 63 | 21 | 177 |
| 4th Quarter | 495 | 503 | 99£ | 332 | 351 | 683 | 169 | 142 | 60 | 32 | 27 | 42 | 50 | 39 | 59 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 112 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 54 | 9 | 200 |
| TOTAL | 1882 | 188C | 3762 | 1156 | ! 1212 | 2368 | 630 | 427 | 123 | 75 | 121 | 163 | 179 | 166 | 230 | 169 | 77 | 8 | 51 | 146 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 174 | 204 | 116 | 6 | 11 | 134 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 164 | 46 | 9 | 154 | 248 | 60 | 748 |
Population of Camberwell in 1861, 71,488. Dulwich, 1,723; Camberwell, 21,297; Peokham, 28,135; St. George's, 20,333.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 187 occurring in the Workhouse, and 84 in Two Lunatic Asylums.