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St Giles (Camberwell) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN CAMBERWELL, FOR THE FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29th, 1866.
TABLE I.—At cording to Districts
| Names of Sub-Districts, | BIKTHS | ACCORDING TO AGE. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | ME | M | E | ME | Under One year. | From One to 5. | From 5 to 10. | From 10 to 20. | From 20 to 30 | From 30 to 40. | From 40 to 50. | From 50 to 60. | From CO to 70. | From 70 to 90. | From 80 to 90. | From 90 upwds | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Premature Birth. | Child-birth. | Eeysip las Pyæmin, &c. | Bronchitis, &c | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Croup. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Fever. | Sm til Pox. | Hydrocephalus, of lufancy. | Tubercular Diseases, | Other Diseases chiefly Chronic. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 | P hihisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulwich | 31 | 85 | 66 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Camberwell | 417 | 425 | 852 | 327 | 346 | 673 | 126 | 94 | 18 | 15 | 44 | 68 | 70 | 57 | 55 | 97 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 51 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 82 | 15 | 283 |
| Peckham | 659 | 659 | 131b | 351 | 389 | 740 | 229 | 124 | 31 | 41 | 32 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 55 | 57 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 55 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 71 | 81 | 34 | 199 |
| St. George's | 580 | 505 | 1085 | 303 | 302 | 605 | 191 | 112 | 35 | 19 | 26 | 47 | 37 | 29 | 48 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 48 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 67 | 58 | 22 | 142 |
| Total | 16S7 | 1634 | 3321 | 995 | 1055 | 2050 | 550 | 335 | 85 | 77 | 104 | 166 | 155 | 134 | 159 | 203 | 71 | 11 | 45 | 166 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 141 | 167 | 62 | 14 | 44 | 72 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 59 | 53 | 35 | 176 | 223 | 71 | 640 |
TABLE II.—According to Seasons.
| 1st Quarter | 428 | 442 | 870 | 267 | 303 | 570 | 143 | 92 | 14 | 23 | 27 | 49 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 71 | 2 6 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 3 | o | 28 | 70 | S | 1 | 0 | 36 | n | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 65 | 16 | 176 |
| 2nd Quarter | 449 | 379 | 828 | 243 | 249 | 492 | 121 | 83 | 17 | 25 | 21 | 35 | 53 | 22 | 44 | 52 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 50 | 16 | 173 |
| 3rd Quarter | 376 | 382 | 758 | 238 | 206 | 444 | 150 | 62 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 33 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 52 | 16 | 115 |
| 4th Quarter | 434 | 431 | 865 | 247 | 297 | 544 | 136 | 98 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 43 | 34 | 50 | 41 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 56 | 23 | 176 |
| Total | 1687 | 1634 | 3321 | 995 | 1055 | 2050 | 550 | 335 | 85 | 77 | 104 | 160 | 155 | 134 | 159 | 203 | 71 | 11 | 45 | 166 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 141 | 167 | 62 | 14 | 44 | 72 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 59 | 53 | 35 | 176 | 223 | 71 | 640 |
Population of Camberwell in 1861, 71488. Duiwich, 1723; Camberwell, 21297 ; Peckham, 28135; St. George's, 20333.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 119 occurring in the Workhouse, and 99 in two Lunatic Asylums.