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St Giles (Camberwell) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S
ANNUAL REPORT
BY
J. S. BRISTOWE, M.D., Lond.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians: Senior Physician to and Lecturer on
Medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital: Examiner in Medicine to the College of Surgeons.
Gentlemen,
During the year 1878, 129,184 births and
83,695 deaths were registered in London, the births
being 1,927 more numerous than those of the previous
year, the deaths 6,693 in excess. Allowing for increase
of population, the birth-rate was slightly lower than
in 1877, being 36.2 per 1,000 instead of 36.3; but
there was a considerable increase in the death-rate,
which rose from 21.9 in the former year to 23.5 in the
latter. Among the principal causes of this increased
mortality must be included Hooping Cough, which