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St Giles (Camberwell) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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had it not been for the remarkable outburst of the disease
in these districts, lasting with intensity for a period of 5 or
6 weeks, the weekly mortality in London from cholera
would scarcely in any week of the epidemic have exceeded
200, and would in most weeks have been considerably
less. (See Tables I. and II.)
The deaths from cholera and from diarrhoea, from the beginning of June until the end of December, in the several groups of districts into which London is divided, were as follows
| Cholera | Diar. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *West (with a population estimated at 511258) | 187 | 404 | 591 |
| North ( „ „ „ 686021) | 413 | 579 | 992 |
| Central ( „ „ „ 359219) | 328 | 390 | 718 |
| East ( „ „ „ 607945) | 3925 | 861 | 4786 |
| South ( „ „ „ 873548) | 710 | 627 | 1337 |
It will be seen from this table, that more persons died
from cholera in the Southern districts, than died in any
other of the groups of districts, with the exception of the
Eastern; but the mortality of the Southern districts in
proportion to population was less than that of the
Central districts, and not much in excess of that of the
Northern. The cholera death-rate however for South
London would have been considerably less, had the
Greenwich district (including Greenwich, Deptford and
Woolwich) been excluded from computation; for in
this district no less than 282 deaths from cholera occur-
* The estimates of population, which are for the middle of 1866, are
taken from the Registrar General's returns.