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therefore, in assuming that the population of each
district increased during the last year at the
rate here assigned to it; and that hence, from the
end of June, 1871, to the end of June, 1872, the
population of Dulwich had augmented from about
4130 to about 4497 ; that of Camberwell from 31555
to 32788; that of Peckham from 42585 to 44314;
and that of St. George's from 34292 to 36084,
From these data we obtain the following as the
death-rates of the several sub-districts for the year
1872: Dulwich, 1.334 per cent.; Camberwell, 1.851;
Peckham, 2.058; and St. George's, 2.059.
In accordance with all former experience, the
death-rates of Dulwich and of Camberwell were less
than those of Peckham and of St. George's; and
while all of them may be regarded as highly satisfactory,
those of Camberwell and Dulwich are
pre-eminently so. The death-rate of Dulwich was
Undoubtedly a good deal higher than that of the
previous year, but was still marvellously low, and
probably more truly represents the average mortality
of that district than did the death-rate of 1871.
As always happens, the chief mortality was of