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namely, the number of persons living during the year;
can only be approximately determined by calculations
When the census was taken in 1871, it was.
ascertained that there were living in Dulwich 4041
persons, in Camberwell 31254, in Peckham 42160
and in St. George's 33851, and consequently in the
whole parish 111306. By comparing these numbers,
with those obtained in the census of 1861 it appears
that during the ten years between 1861 and 1871;
the annual increase of the population per cent. was
in Dulwich about 8.9, in Camberwell about 3.9, in
Peckham about 4.0, in St. George's about 5.2, and
in the parish in the whole about 4.5; and, assuming;
that the increase of the population has been continued
since 1871 at the same rate that prevailed previous to
that date, it would follow that in the middle of 1875
the population of Dulwich was about 5807; that of
Camberwell about 36786; that of Peckham about
49935; that of St. George's about 42047; and that,
of the whole parish about 134504.
But before we can fairly calculate the death rate;
of the several sub-districts, it is necessary to make
some re-distribution of certain of the deaths registered
in at least two of them. In the Camberwell
sub-district are contained the Workhouse, and twoLunatic
Asylums, in which no less than 353 deaths