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then severally exhibit, with the result that the deaths
in Dulwich become 53, those in Camberwell 687, those
in Peckham 1,130, and those in St. George's 884.
When the Census was taken in the spring of 1871,
111,302 persons were found to be living in the Parish,
of whom 4,041 resided in Dulwich, 31,251 in Camberwell,
42,159 in Peckham and 33,851 in St. George's.
But during the previous ten years the annual rate of
increase was, for the entire Parish, about 45 per 1,000;
for Dulwich, about 89 per 1,000; for Camberwell,
about 39 per 1,000, for Peckham about 41 per 1,000;
and for St. George's about 52 per 1,000. And on the
assumption that this rate of increase has been maintained
since 1871,1 find that, for the middle of the year
1876, the number of persons living in the Parish was
about 140,452, of whom about 6,324 belonged to
Dulwich, 38,224 to Camberwell, 52,128 to Peckham,
and 44,246 to St. George's. No doubt these estimates
are very far from accurate; but they are the best
that at the present time I am able to supply.
The death-rates which result from the above data
are as follows:—that of the whole Parish, as before
stated, 19.61 per 1,000; that of Dulwich 8.38; that of