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 29th, 1877.
Table I.—Returns of Births and Deaths in Districts.
BIRTHS. | ACCORDING TO AGE. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 year | From 1 to 5 | Fran 5 to 10 | From 10 to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 30 to 40 | From 40 to 50 | From 50 to 60 | From 60 to 70 | From 70 to 80 | From 80 to 90 | From 90 upwards | Violence, Poison, and Accident | Premature Birth | Child-birth | Erysipelas, Pyaemia, &c. | Bronchitis, &c. | Diarrhoea Dysentery | Cholera | Hooping Cough | Measles | Croup | . Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Fever | Small Pox | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions of Infancy | Tubercular Diseases | Other disease chiefly Chonric | |||||
Puerperal Fever | Other Causes | Under 5 | Over 5 years | Under 5 years | Over 5 | Phthisis | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich | 55 | 41 | 96 | 20 | lb | 38 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
Camberwell | 726 | 720 | 1446 | 434 | 438 | 872 | 1G1 | 110 | 25 | 15 | 50 | 68 | 87 | 92 | 107 | 113 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 53 | S7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 89 | 32 | 396 |
Peckham | 1156 | 1133 | 2289 | 552 | 496 | 1048 | 328 | 150 | 43 | 39 | 60 | 74 | 75 | 63 | 94 | 81 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 88 | 78 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 91 | 92 | 57 | 353 |
St. George's | 872 | 819 | 1691 | 363 | 372 | 735 | 202 | 151 | 32 | 29 | 40 | 47 | 50 | 44 | 58 | 62 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 84 | 53 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 52 | 78 | 27 | 235 |
Totals | 2809 | 2713 | 5522 | 1369 | 1324 | 2693 | 696 | 415, | 102 | 85 | 152 | 190 | 217 | 203 | 263 | 262 | 96 | 12 | 58 | 173 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 226 | 220 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 61 | 72 | 27 | 12 | 38 | 27 | 74 | 192 | 261 | 117 | 1004 |
Table II.— Returns of Births and Deaths in Quarters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st Quarter | 738 | 706 | 1444 | 337 | 357 | 694 | 171 | 102 | 24 | 24 | 38 | 44 | 55 | 49 | 72 | 78 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 55 | 74 | 24 | 259 |
2nd Quarter | 061 | 680 | 1341 | 325 | 299 | 624 | 132 | 80( | 27 | 19 | 30 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 70 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 48 | 63 | 25 | 246 |
3rd Quarter | 091 | G40 | 1331 | 311 | 304 | 615 | 194 | 70 | 18 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 45 | 58 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ' 8 | 8 | 08 | 66 | 41 | 231 |
4th Quarter - | 719 | 687 | 1406 | 396 | 364 | 760 | 199 | 1541 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 52 | 73 | 62 | • 22 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 58 | 27 | 268 |
Totals - | 2809 | 2713 | 5522 | 1369 | 1324 | 2693 | 696 | 415 | 102 | 85 | 152 | 190 | 217 | 203 | 263 | 262 | 96 | 12 | 58 | 173 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 226 | 220 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 6! | 72 | 27 | 12 | 38 | 27 | 74 | 192 | 261 | 117 | 1004 |
Population of Dulwich in 1871, 4,041; Camberwell, 31,251; Peckham, 42,159 ; St. George's, 33,851; 111,302.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 186 occurring in the Workhouse and 120 in the Lunatic Asylums.