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St Giles (Camberwell) 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Table 1.— PARISH OF CAMBERWELL, SURREY. CENSUS SUMMARY.
Statement of the Number of Houses and Persons in the Parish of Camber well, according to the Census taken
on the 3rd of April, 1871.
| Numberof separate Occupiers | Number of Houses | Number of Persons. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabited. | Uninhabited | Building | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| Summary of Returns of Occupiers, Houses and Persons in the Parish on the 3rd of April, 1871 | 24,666 | 17,755 | 1,920 | 359 | 20,034 | 50,814 | 60,488 | 111,302 |
| Compared with Census of 1861 | 16,307 | 12,119 | 667 | 194 | 12,980 | 31,639 | 39,850 | 71,489 |
| Increase in 10 years | 8,359 | 5,636 | 1,253 | 165 | 7,054 | 19,175 | 20,638 | 39,813 |
| Compared with Census of 1851 | 12,227 | 9,417 | 917 | 237 | 10,571 | 23,545 | 31,123 | 54,668 |
| Increase in 20 years | 12,439 | 8,338 | 1,003 | 122 | 9,463 | 27,269 | 29,365 | 56,634 |
| Returns for the several Registration Districts into which the Parish of Camberwell is divided :— | ||||||||
| (Census of 1871) | ||||||||
| Camberwell District | 6,483 | 4,998 | 475 | 68 | 5,541 | 13,673 | 17,578 | 31,251 |
| Peckham | 9,562 | 7,016 | 897 | 215 | 8,128 | 19,524 | 22,635 | 42,159 |
| St. George's | 7,911 | 5,095 | 499 | 53 | 5,647 | 16,049 | 17,802 | 33,851 |
| Dulwich | 710 | 646 | 49 | 23 | 718 | 1,568 | 2,473 | 4,041 |
REPORT of the FINANCE COMMITTEE as to the State
of the Finance of the Parish.
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