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St Giles (Camberwell) 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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I subjoin, also, a table shewing the population in 1861, together with the number of deaths,and the numberod deaths due to each od certain specified froms of zymotic diseases which occurred in the year 1870, in each of these groups

Population 1861.Total Deaths, 1370.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, 1870.
S.poxMeasles.S. FeverDipth.H.Coug.Fever.Diarr.
West403,38813,097092651,08144353294650
North618,21017,3042993341,56290327607799
Central378,0588,7484322455239137201330
East571,15815,81342127478831449386852
South773,17522,2261263462,0151096695651,145

* Excluding Cholera.
In the parish of Camberwell there were, in the year 1870,
3,739 births—23 less than in 1869 ;and 2,362 deaths—8 less
than in 1869.*Of the births,60 occurred in Dulwich,1,006
in Camberwell,1,423 in Peckham,and 1,250 in St.George's;
of the deaths,47 in Peckham,787 in Camberwell,845 in
Peckham,and 683 in St.George's.But of the 787 deaths
ascribed to Camberwell,169 took place in the Workhouse
and 73 in two Lunatic Asylums,and are,therefore,only accidentally
included in the mortality of the Camberwell subdistrict.By
deducting these from the mortality of the
latter division of the parish,and then distributing them in
fair proportion over all the sub-districts,the mortality for
the year becomes, for Dulwich, 47+=52;for Camberwell,
S45+62=607 ; for Peckham, 845+97=942;for St.
George's,683 +78=761.
It might be supposed, and it may be a fact, that the
smaller number of deaths in the parish this year than last
* For statistics of births and deaths see Tables I and II in the Appendix-