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St Giles (Camberwell) 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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CAMBERWELL.—Returns of Births and Deaths for the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, December 28th 1872
TABLE 1.—RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN QUARTERS.
| BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCORDING TO AGE. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 6. | From 6 to 10. | From 10 to 20. | From 20 to 30. | From 30 to 40. | From 40 to 60. | From 50 to 60. | From 60 to 70. | From 70 to 80. | From 80 to 90. | From 90 upwards | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Premature Birth. | Child-birth. | Bronchitis, &c. | Diarrhcea and Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Croup | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy. | Tubercular Diseases | Other diseases chifly ohronic. | |||||||
| Puerporal Fever. | Other Causes. | Erysipelas, Pyœmia, &c. | Under 5 years. | Over 6 years. | 6 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | Syphilis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 568 | 511 | 1079 | 358 | 375 | 733 | 157 | 159 | 31 | 29 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 66 | 72 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 17 | 30 | 43 | 78 | 10 | 4 | 194 |
| 2nd Quarter | 551 | 493 | 1044 | 246 | 228 | 474 | 96 | 87 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 40 | 30 | 54 | 48 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 161 |
| 3rd Quarter | 538 | 555 | 1093 | 289 | 290 | 579 | 211 | 71 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 35 | 43 | 38 | 48 | 42 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 72 | 22 | 2 | 189 |
| 4th Quarter | 521 | 517 | 1038 | 274 | 262 | 536 | 156 | 74 | 16 | 17 | 37 | 33 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 218 |
| Total . | 2178 | 2076 | 4254 | 1167 | 1155 | 2322 | 620 | 391 | 76 | 84 | 139 | 156 | 149 | 179 | 215 | 214 | 89 | 10 | 48 | 179 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 140 | 186 | 107 | 17 | 0 | 132 | 46 | 25 | 1 | 86 | 38 | 41 | 153 | 266 | 61 | 9 | 762 |
| TABLE II.—RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN DISTRICTS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulwich | 40 | 41 | 81 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Cambewell | 547 | 551 | 1098 | 373 | 408 | 781 | 146 | 111 | 16 | 26 | 53 | 72 | 66 | 74 | 93 | 87 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 69 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 52 | 105 | 14 | 4 | 326 |
| Peckham | 881 | 829 | 1710 | 426 | 393 | 819 | 245 | 144 | 40 | 30 | 42 | 45 | 39 | 57 | 68 | 74 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 59 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 84 | 28 | 0 | 242 |
| St. George's | 710 | 655 | 1365 | 339 | 329 | 668 | 217 | 131 | 19 | 24 | 42 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 49 | 47 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 62 | ] | 3 | 2 | 51 | 54 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 74 | 18 | 5 | 167 |
| Total . | 2178 | 2076 | 4254 | 1167 | 1155 | 2322 | 620 | 391 | 76 | 84 | 139 | 156 | 149 | 179 | 215 | 214 | 89 | 10 | 48 | 179 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 140 | 186 | 107 | 17 | 0 | 132 | 46 | 25 | 1 | 86 | 38 | 41 | 153 | 266 | 61 | 9 | 762 |
Population of Camberwell in 1871, 111302. Dulwich, 4041; Camberwell, 31251; Peckham, 42159 ; St. George's, 33851.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 138 ocourring in the Workhouse, and 98 in Two Lunatic Asylums.