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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) 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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any, Metropolitan parishes have increased in an
equal degree. The following table shows the population
of the parish, as ascertained at each census
since the first in 1801, together with the increase
of population, and the increase per cent. for each decennial period.

Table: It will be seen from it that the actual increase during the last decenniad was far larger than that in any previous similar period, and that the rateof increase was nearly as high as it ever has been:—

It will be seen from it that the actual increase during the last decenniad was far larger than that in any previous similar period, and that the rateof increase was nearly as high as it ever has been:—

18011811182118311841185118611871
Population7059113091787628231398685466771488111302
Increase425065671035511637147991682139814
Increase per cent.60.158.158.041.237.130.855.7

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It is almost needless to say that the houses have
multiplied in almost equal proportion.

Table: The statistics in reference to them, obtained at the last three censuses, are subjoined:—

The statistics in reference to them, obtained at the last three censuses, are subjoined:—

Houses.185118611871
Inhabited94121209817755
Empty9276701920
Building233196359