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either of those assigned to it in the above list; that that
of Camberwell is fairly represented by any one of the
three; and that those of Peckham and St George's are
not improbably the means of the last two estimates for
each sub-district respectively: in other words, that the
death-rate of Peckham was not improbably about 2.3, and
that of St. George's about 2.2 per cent.
If the views just expressed be correct, the death-rates of
the sub-districts, like that of the whole parish, are on the
whole highly satisfactory. Yet an analysis of the rates
seems to show that Peckham has been somewhat less
healthy than the other parts of the parish: for zymotic
diseases have prevailed in a somewhat higher degree here
than elsewhere, and the mortality of children under 5 years
of age has been very considerable. Thus, measles caused
9 deaths in Camberwell, 14 in Peckham and 16 in St.
George's; hooping cough 15 in Camberwell, 24 in
Peckham and 13 in St. George's; scarlet fever 10 in
Camberwell, 28 in Peckham and 17 in St. George's;
fever 9 in Camberwell, 12 in Peckham and 10 in St.
George's; small-pox 5 in Camberwell and 7 in Peckham;
and further, while 215 children under 5 years
of age died in Camberwell, and 240 in St. George's, the
number that died in Peckham was 345.
The number of children born in the year was 3036 ; of
whom 1558 were boys, 1478 girls; and of whom 49 were
born in Dulwich, 791 in Camberwell, 1174 in Peckham,
and 1022 in St. George's.
The year 1865 was in many respects a remarkable