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ham, 2.07; and for St. George's, 1.99; or, to put the
results in a different form, out of every 1000 persons
living in Camberwell, 19 died; out of every 1000 in
Dulwich, 9; out of every 1000 in Camberwell district,
18; out of every 1000 in Peckham, a little
more, and out of every 1000 in St. George's, a little
less, than 20.
The above results are on the whole very satisfactory.
For the Parish generally, and for each of its
sub-districts, excepting Dulwich, we have a high birthrate,
and a low death-rate. The differences in the
death-rates are not very important, at all events they
are not larger than may be explained by the
differences of birth-rates. It is a well-known fact, and
my tables demonstrate it, that the mortality of
children during the first year of life is always exceptionally
high, and that hence if a large number of
children are born the death-rate will on that very
account be augmented. And of the three districts
now under consideration, Peckham has the highest
birth-rate and the highest death-rate; Camberwell,
the lowest birth-rate and the lowest death-rate.
Dulwich is exceptionally circumstanced. It is,
undoubtedly, a very healthy locality; but it is
also thinly peopled, occupied for the most part by
persons who are rich or well-to-do, and the birth