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21,297, and its increase had been 20.04 per cent; the population
of St. George's was 20,333, and its increase had been 28.29
per cent.; and the population of Peckham was 28,135, and its
increase had been 44.69 per cent. The deaths registered in
each of these sub-districts in 1863 were, in Dulwich 22, in
Camberwell 560, in St. George's 450, and in Peckham 699.
But the mortality assigned to Camberwell proper included 169
deaths in the lunatic asylums and workhouse, which belonged
no more to this district than to other districts of the parish, and
which, to render any comparison between the districts fair,
should be omitted from computation or divided proportionately
between them. If this apportionment be made, and if at the
same time the deaths of the several districts be reduced for the
reasons and on the plan previously explained, the mortality
becomes for Dulwich 24, for Camberwell 426, for St. George's
491, and for Peckham 763. The rates of mortality will of
course depend on the numbers of the respective populations.
If we assume that the districts of Camberwell have increased at
the same annual rate as the entire South of London increased
between 1851 and 1861, their populations and death-rates for
1863 were as follows:—
Dulwich. Camberwell. St. George's. Peckham.
Population 1811 223,90 21,376 29,578
Death-rate 1.32 1.90 2.29 2.58
But, as I have already shewn, the increase in the population
of Camberwell, and especially the increase in the population of
Peckham, were beyond all doubt considerably greater than in the
above calculation I have assumed them to be. And if the
districts have increased at the same rate since 1861, as they
increased prior to that date, their populations and their deathrates
will be indicated in the following figures:—