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quarter of the year, 882 to the second, 610 to the
third, and 1015 to the fourth. 39 of the total number
were returned for Dulwich, 16 less than in 1878;
1206 for Camberwell, or 149 more than in 1878;
1300 for Peckham, or 22 less than in 1878; and 966
for St. George's, or 52 less than in 1878. 1746 of the
deaths occurred in males, 1765 in females.
It is my duty now to determine, so far as I am
able, from the amount and character of the mortuary
returns, the sanitary state of the Parish during the
year to which these returns relate. The subject is,
unfortunately, as I have shewn over and over again,
by no means so simple of investigation or so trustworthy
in its results as might at first sight be
supposed; for the determination of the mortuary rate
depends on the determination of the mean population
for the year, and also as regards the districts on a
re-arrangement of the mortuary returns, which is to
a large extent guess-work.
The population of the Parish of Camberwell is a
varying, though on the whole a rapidly increasing,
population. And hence, if we take it to be now
exactly what it was ascertained to be at the Census of