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births of the entire Parish rose from 4480 to 4575,
an increase of 95, the deaths from 2408 to 2496,
an increase of 88. This general increase is, however,
made up of rises and falls in the several Districts,
Thus, in Dulwich, the births rose from 85 to 90, the
deaths sunk from 48 to 43; in Camberwell the
births rose from 1175 to 1186, the deaths from
799 to 865; in Peckham, the births rose from 1785
to 1891, the deaths fell from 911 to 885; and in
St. George's, the births fell from 1435 to 1408, the
deaths rose from 650 to 703.
An increase in the number of births, and a
proportional increase in the number of deaths, are a
normal result of that increase of population, which
we know to be constantly going on in the Parish.
But whether the actual increase in either of
these cases is excessive or the reverse, and what
the actual birth and death-rates of the Parish were
during the year, can only be determined, after the
number of persons living in the Parish, during the
year, has been ascertained. We can, however,
unfortunately, only make a somewhat rough estimate
of the number of the population. In the first place,
as the population gradually augments from the
beginning to the end of the year, we have to take
the mean between the extremes, or, in other words,