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the number of persons supposed to be living in the
Parish in the middle of the year; and, in the second
place, we must assume (for the purposes of calculation)
that the annual increase of population, which was
ascertained to have taken place between 1861 and
1871, is still maintained. As a matter of fact, this
method of calculation is fairly accurate for the
enormous population of the whole of London; but
it becomes less and less accurate as it is applied to
small populations, such as that of a Parish, and still
more that of a sub-district.
The annual increase in the population of the
Parish during the 10 years above referred to was at
the rate of about 4.53 per cent.; that of Dulwich
about 8.9; that of Camberwell about 3.91; that of
Peckham about 4.06; and that of St. George's about
5.23. If these rates have still prevailed the following
are the estimates of population for the middle of
1874: for the Parish of Camberwell, 128679; for
Dulwich, about 5333; for Camberwell, 35402; for
Peckham, 47986; for St. George's, 39958.
On these estimates of the population, the birthrate
for the entire Parish was 3.79 per cent.; that
of Dulwich, 1.69; that of Camberwell, 3.35; that of
Peckham, 3.94; and that of St. George's, 3.52.