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and to add very considerably to that of Dulwich.
But even with these corrections, the death-rates of the
entire Parish, of Camberwell, of Peckham, and of
St. George's, would be highly satisfactory, and that
of Dulwich would prove, as it always has proved, one
of the lowest in England.
The birth-rate of London was 36.5 per 1,000.
That of our own Parish was 37.56; but that of Dulwich
was only 15.5, while that of Camberwell was
35.7, that of Peckham 41.7, and that of St. George's
37.
The zymotic class of diseases was less fatal in the
Parish than usual, and certainly, on the whole, less
fatal than during the previous years. (See Tables
III. and IV.)
Hooping Cough caused 93 deaths in place of
of 125; and of this number 40 occurred in the first
quarter, 26 in the second, 16 in the third, and 11 in
the fourth.
Measles caused 33 deaths in place of 64; and of
these 14 occurred in the first quarter, 5 in the second,
and 7 in each of the last two quarters.
The deaths from Diphtheria were 16, exceeding