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]
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TABLE V.
Table shewing Mortality due to Fever, (increase of Population not allowed for.)
Population in 1851. | Fever Deaths | No. in 10.000. | |
---|---|---|---|
London | 2,362.236 | 2161 | 9.1 |
West Districts | 576,427 | 296 | 5.1 |
490,396 | 466 | 9.5 | |
Central ditto | 393,256 | 313 | 7.9 |
East ditto | 485,522 | 613 | 12.6 |
South ditto | 616,635 | 473 | 7.7 |
Camberwell | 54,667 | 24 | 4.4 |
TABLE VI.
Average Mortality of London, its five groups of Districts and Camberwell for seven years; allowance has been made in every year since 1851, for increase of population. Taken chiefly from the Registrar General's Abstract.
Districts, | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West | 2.206 | 2.144 | 2.212 | 2.829 | 2.252 | 2.097 | 2.081 |
North | 2.208 | 2.113 | 2.236 | 2.422 | 2.295 | 2.069 | 2.122 |
Central | 2.415 | 2.365 | 2.497 | 2.703 | 2.441 | 2.193 | 2.293 |
East | 2.429 | 2.309 | 2.655 | 2.994 | 2.519 | 2.286 | 2.435 |
South | 2.410 | 2.296 | 2.542 | 3.516 | 2.469 | 2.211 | 2.160 |
London | 2.340 | 2.247 | 2.441 | 2.938 | 2.406 | 2.178 | 2.220 |
Camberwell | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.37 | 3.35 | 2.24 | 1.9 | *2.02 or |
1.93 |