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ANNUAL REPORT
BY
J. S. Bristowe, Jun. M.D., Lond., Fellow of the Royal College
of Physicians, Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, Medical Officer
of Health for Camberwell,
Gentlemen,
The year 1859 was, I am happy to say, a healthier
one than its immediate predecessor; the deaths registered
therein for this parish being 1367, while those recorded in 1858
amounted to as many as 1440. 641 of the deaths were in
males, 726 in females.
In the sub-districts of Camberwell, and St. George's, the
decrease in the number of deaths was considerable; in Dulwich,
however, there was an increase of 1, and in Peckham of 30.
But the increase in the latter two localities was accompanied by
a very considerable rise in the number of children born, and is
probably to be looked on, therefore, rather as an indication of
growth of population, than of deterioration in health. The
actual numbers of persons dying in the several districts, were for
Dulwich 20, for St. George's 364, for Camberwell 483, and for
Peckham 500. But it should be added, that a portion only of the
483 deaths here assigned to Camberwell proper, belongs fairly to
that sub-district; inasmuch as the whole number includes 66