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, 1878. 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 i year | From I to 5 | From 5 to 10 | From io to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 30 to 40 | F rom 40 to 50 | 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, Pyxmia, &c. | Pneumonia, 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 | Oilier | Under 5 years | Over 5 years | Under 5 years | Over | Phthisis | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich - | 37 | 42 | 79 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
Camberwell | 783 | 776 | 1559 | 539 | 518 | 1057 | 220 | 168 | 31 | 26 | 53 | 73 | 100 | 96 | 107 | 130 | 45 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 83 | 42 | 10 ' | 0 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 67 | 1L4 | 24 | 425 |
Peckham - | 1273 | 1194 | 24G7 | 656 | 666 | 1322 | 415 | 307 | 34 | 32 | 53 | 80 | 68 | 85 | 88 | 103 | 51 | 6 | 23 | 99 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 135 | 107 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 92 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 107 | 104 | 55 | 379 |
St. George's | 936 | 840 | 1776 | 443 | 471 | 914 | 304 | 234 | 27 | 15 | 39 | 53 | 57 | 52 | 61 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 74 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 79 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 86 | 39 | 210 |
Totals - | 3029 | 2852 | 5881 | 1668 | 1680 | 3348 | 955 | 712 | 93 | 75 | 146 | 210 | 230 | 237 | 262 | 290 | 122 | 16 | 59 | 232 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 304 | 273 | 159 | 17 | 0 | 206 | 88 | 77 | 59 | 41 | 30 | 276 | 304 | 120 | 1041 | |
Table II.—Returns of Births and Deaths in Quarters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st Quarter - | 755 | 722 | 1477 | 469 | 463 | 932 | 221 | 241 | 23 | 17 | 32 | 57 | 51 | 71 | 85 | 90 | 43 | 1 | 14 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 112 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 65 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 70 | 30 | 279 | |
2nd Quarter - | 776 | 707 | 1483 | 363 | 383 | 746 | 177 | 193 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 50 | 54 | 68 | 61 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 1 7 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 82 | 78 | 32 | 233 | |
3rd Quarter - | 721 | 704 | 1425 | 388 | 403 | 791 | 324 | 124 | 24 | 20 | 49 | 39 | 52 | 45 | 39 | 54 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 130 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 67 | 79 | 39 | 219 | |
4th Quarter - | 777 | 719 | 149f | 448 | 431 | 879 | 233 | 154 | 24 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 85 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 92 | 89 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 42 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 55 | 77 | 19 | 310 |
Totals - | 3029 | 2852 | 5881 | 1668 | 1680 | 3348 | 955 | 712 | 93 | 75 | 146 | 210 | 230 | 237 | 262 | 290 | 122 | 16 | 59 | 232 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 304 | 273 | J159 | 17 | 0 | 206 | 88 | j 77 | 29 | 59 | 41 | | 30 | 276 | 304 | 120 | 1041 |
Population of Dulwich iu 1871, 4,041, Camberwell, 81,251, Peckham, 42,159 ; St. George's, 33,851; Total, 111,302.
The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 233 occurring in the Workhouse and 107 in the Lunatic Asylums, making a total of 340.