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lunatic asylums. The former of these are, no doubt,
to be regarded as essentially parochial deaths. The
latter comprise many of patients coming from other
parts of the metropolis and of England, and for this
reason might, in part, be excluded from our mortuary
tables. But, on the other hand, a number, which it
would be impossible to estimate accurately, of our
own parishioners die out of the parish in hospitals
and elsewhere. So that what we gain in one way we
lose in another, and it is propably fair to ourselves to
consider that our losses and gains balance one another.
But at any rate the Workhouse and lunatic deaths
stand apart from the general mortality of the district
in which they occur, and must for the purposes of
comparison either be omitted therefrom, or distributed
in fair proportion between the Camberwell and the
other sub-districts. Such a division, based upon the
general mortality, gives the following results:—
Dulwich
48 + 6
= 54
Camberwell
799-252 + 64
= 611
Peckham
911 + 106
= 1,017
St. George's
650 + 76
= 726
Births and deaths have both increased since the
previous year, the births from 4,254 to 4,480, an