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St Giles (Camberwell) 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Medical officer's
ANNUAL REPORT,
by
J. S. BRISTOWE, M.D. Lond.,
Follow of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to, and Lecturer on
Meniral Pathology at St. Thomas's Hospital; Examiner in Medicine at the
University of London.
Gentlemen,
During the fifty-two weeks ending Saturday,
January 2nd, 1875, 4575 births, and 2496 deaths
were registered in the Parish. Of these, 90 births
and 43 deaths, occurred in Dulwich; 1186 births
and 865 deaths, in Camberwell; 1891 births and
885 deaths, in Peckham; and 1408 births and
703 deaths, in St. George's.
Both births and deaths show an increase as
compared with those of the previous year. The