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St Giles (Camberwell) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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15
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH'S
ANNUAL REPORT
by
J. S. Beistowe, M.D., Lond., Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians, Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital.
Gentlemen,
During the 52 weeks ending Saturday, December 29th, 1866,
3321 births and 2050 deaths were registered in the Parish of
Camberwell, and as nearly as I can ascertain the erection of
1509 new houses was completed. (Tables I., II. and III.)
These numbers are all higher than those to which they correspond
in former years. But latterly, indeed, an annual