Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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CAMBERWELL.- Returns of Births and Deaths for the Fifty-Two Weeks ending Saturday, December 30th, 1876.
Table I—Returns of Births and Deaths in Districts.
BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ACCORDING TO AGE. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 year | From 1 to 5 | From 5 to 10 | From 10 to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 30 to 40 | From 40 to 50 i | From 50 to 60 | From 60 to 70 | From 70 10 80 | From 80 to 90 | From 90 upwards | Violence, Poison and Accident | Premature Birth | Child -birth | Erysipelas, Pyæmia, &c. | Bronchitis, &c. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery | Cholera | Hooping Cough | Measles | Croup | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Fever | Small Pox | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy | Tubercular | Other diseases, chiefly Chronic | |||||
Puerperal Fever | Other | Under 5 years | Over 5 years ' | years 5 | Over S years | Phthisis | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
???WICH - | 50 | 48 | 98 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
Camberwell | 659 | 707 | 1366 | 428 | 506 | 934 | 185 | 94 | 21 | 33 | 58 | 71 | 72 | 100 | 106 | 133 | 54 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 93 | 26 | S | 0 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | I 7 | 52 | 133 | 23 | 401 |
???HAM - | 1123 | 1052 | 2175 | 514 | 481 | 995 | 315 | 164 | 32 | 32 | 45 | 68 | 70 | 56 | 85 | 81 | 42 | 6 | 22 | 88 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 93 | 78 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 78 | 106 | 46 | 307 |
George's | 835 | 802 | 1637 | 380 | 398 | 778 | 249 | 106 | 28 | 21 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 95 | 63 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 63 | 82 | 31 | 196 |
Totals - | 2667 | 2609 | 5276 | 1349 | 1405 | 2754 | 755 | 427 | 82 | 91 | 145 | 188 | 199 | 210 | 252 | 272 | 115 | 18 | 52 | 194 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 240 | 237 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 93 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 78 | 31 | 23 | 195 | 329 | 100 | 927 |
Table II.—Return of Births and Deaths in Quarters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarter | 701 | 627 | 1328 | 370 | 371 | 741 | 180 | 135 | 26 | 24 | 38 | 47 | 62 | 59 | 64 | 73 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 89 | 22 | 224 |
Quarter | 646 | 679 | 1325 | 289 | 306 | 595 | 143 | 96 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 81 | 17 | 220 |
Quarter | 642 | 628 | 1270 | 344 | 322 | 6GG | 243 | 78 | 26 | 20 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 58 | 60 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 62 | 2 | G | 20 | 31 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 74 | 33 | 214 | |
Quarter | 678 | 675 | 1353 | 346 | 406 | 752 | 189 | 118 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 52 | 60 | 46 | 74 | 90 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 104 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 85 | 28 | 269 |
Totals - | 2667 | 2609 | 5276 | 1349 | 1405 | 2754 | 755 | 427 | 82 | 91 | 145 | 188 | 99 | 210 | 252 | 272 | 115 | 18 | 52 | 194 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 240 | 237 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 93 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 78 | 31 | 23 | 195 | 329 | 100 | 927 |
Population of Dulwich in 1871, 4,041; Camberwell, 31,251; Peckham, 42,159 ; St. George's, 33,851.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 230 occurring in the Workhouse and 99 in the Lunatic Asylums.