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births, and of 50 in the deaths; and in St George's,
an exact equality in the number of births, and an increase
of 27 in the deaths.
These facts, so far as they go, would seem to imply
a decided improvement in the health of the parish as
a whole: and as regards its parts, a very decided
improvement in the health of Dulwich and Camberwell,
a nearly stationary condition of health in
Peckham, and a deterioration of health in St. George's.
How far this surmise is confirmed or belied by a more
careful examination of the death-rates, and of the
causes of death, I shall presently consider.
Before determining the death-rates of the parish
and of its sub-districts, I must point out that the subdistrict
of Camberwell contains the workhouse, in
which 132 deaths occurred in the course of the year,
and two lunatic asylums, in which there were 82
deaths, and that these deaths (214 in all) although included
in the return for this sub-district, do not
properly belong to it any more than they belong to
any one of the others, and that hence in any comparison
that may be made between the districts as
regards their mortality, these deaths must either be
excluded, or divided proportionately among them. I