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Differences of social position, differences in the birth
rate, largely influence the result: nor must it be forgotten
that circumstances may have rendered our
estimates of the populations of the several sub-districts
inaccurate: and indeed there are reasons to suspect
that the population of Peckham may have been
under-estimated, in which event of course the calculated
death rate of the district is larger than
properly belongs to it. From the comparative smallness
of the population of Dulwich such errors are
peculiarly apt to arise in reference to the vital
statistics of that district.
The deaths from the above-named zymotic
diseases and from diarrhoea are given in the annexed
table:—
Hooping
Cough.
Measles.
Diphtheria.
Scarlet
Fever.
Fever.
Diarrhœa.
Dulwich
0
0
0
1
2
0
Camberwell
30
24
6
20
7
1
Peckham
52
16
4
81
14
0
St. George's
43
24
4
75
17
0
Total
125
64
14
177
40
1
The following table shows the deaths from the
same diseases, in periods of three months, from the