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caused 4,446 deaths, or 1.665 more than in 1877,
Diarrhoea, which caused 3,651 deaths, or 1,172 more
than in 1877, and especially Bronchitis and other
inflammatory conditions of the lungs. Small Pox
caused 1,416 deaths, against 2,554 in the previous
year.
Of the five groups of districts into which the
Registrar-General divides the metropolis, the mortuary
rates for 1878 were as follows:—Western, 21.6;
Northern, 22.3; Central, 24.9; Eastern, 24.9; and
Southern, 24.2.
The births registered in Camber well during 1878
amounted to 5,881, a number larger by 359 than that
registered in 1877. In Dulwich the births sunk from
96 to 79; in Camberwell- they rose from 1,446 to
1559, in Peckham from 2,289 to 2,467, and in St.
George's from 1,691 to 1,776. The births included
3,029 of males and 2,852 of females.
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The deaths occurring during 1878 were 3,348,
against 2,693 in 1877. In Dulwich, as compared
with the previous year, there was a rise of from 38 to
55 ; in Camberwell a rise of from 872 to 1,057; in
Peckham a rise of from 1,048 to 1,322; and in St.