View report page

39
instead of 91; those in Camberwell, 1097 instead
of 1047; those in Peckham, 1480 instead of 1526;
and those in St. George's, 1193 instead of 1250.
So that here again Dulwich has a manifest advantage.
A further point, which is not shown in my returns,
but which I have formerly adverted to, and which I
cannot but think important, is this: that domestic
servants rarely die in service, but go when they are
ill either to the hospital or home; and that hence a
large proportion of the population, and more especially
of that in Dulwich, is, so far as the district in
which it is present is concerned, an undying population,
a population which by its presence considerably
reduces the mortuary rate.
It cannot, I think, be denied that comparative
[???]ewness of births, excess of females, and a large
proportion of domestic servants, are circumstances
which, for reasons that have been given, have an
important influence in lowering the death-rate; and
that while Dulwich is benefited largely by them, and
Camberwell to some extent, Peckham and St.
George's are, comparatively speaking, large sufferers.
It must not be supposed that I wish to detract
from the reputation for real healthiness which I