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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camberwell) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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red, leaving for the rest of the Southern districts a total
cholera-mortality of 428 only.
The following is a list of the Southern districts of London, with their respective total choleraic and diarrhœal mortalities.
| 1 | Estimated Population in middle of 1866. | Deaths from Cholera. | Deaths from Diarrœha | Total. | Proportion of combined Deaths in 10,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Saviour's | 36422 | 31 | 37 | 68 | 18.7 |
| St. Saviour's | 18914 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 19.6 |
| Bermondsey | 64310 | 33 | 75 | 108 | 16.8 |
| St. George's | 57498 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 13.4 |
| Newington | 92680 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 7.7 |
| Lambeth | 174904 | 113 | 158 | 271 | 15.5 |
| Wandsworth | 82979 | 40 | 59 | 99 | 11.9 |
| Camberwell | 81818 | 46 | 54 | 100 | 12.2 |
| Rotherhithe | 28767 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 13.6 |
| Greenwich | 144836 | 282 | 91 | 373 | 25.7 |
| 90420 | 55 | 34 | 89 | 9.8 |
The above figures shew that while, as regards mortality
from cholera, Newington holds very decidedly the lowest
place, and Greenwich even more decidedly the highest
* The estimates of population, which are for the middle of 1366, are taken
from the Registrar General's returns.