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rate is very low—all circumstances which combine to
maintain a low mortuary rate.
618 children died in their first year, and 602
persons upwards of 60; in other words, nearly onehalf
of the total mortality of the Parish was due to
infantile deaths and to those of elderly persons.
Among the specified causes of death are violence,
to which 47 deaths were attributed; Diarrhoea
which caused 93 deaths; Hooping Cough, 76;
Measles, 54; Diphtheria, 9; Scarlet Fever, 24;
Fever, 57 ; and Small Pox, 2.
The deaths from these several diseases were
distributed in districts as follows:—Diarrhoea, 2
in Dulwich, 27 in Camberwell, 39 in Peckham,
and 25 in St. George's; Hooping Cough, 1 in Dulwich,
28 in Camberwell, 21 in Peckham, and 26
in St. George's; Measles, 4 in Dulwich, 17 in Camberwell.
20 in Peckham, and 13 in St. George's;
Diphtheria, 1 in Dulwich, 5 in Camberwell, 2 in
Peckham, and 1 in St. George's; Scarlet Fever,
5 in Camberwell, 10 in Peckham, and 9 in St
George's; Fever, 19 in Camberwell, 20 in Peckham,
and 18 in St. George's; Small Pox, 1 in
Peckham, and 1 in St. George's.