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75
1714 births in St. George's occurred in a population
of 53,534; and that the population of the entire
Parish amounted to no less than 178,473. On these
estimates of the population the death-rate of Dulwich
becomes 11.8 instead of 5.39, that of Camberwell,
17.8 instead of 20.57 ; that of Peckham, 20.5 instead
25.2 ; that of St. George's, 20.6 instead of 21.37 ;
and that of the whole Parish, 19.7 instead of 21.74.
It will be observed that the returns are in many
respects strikingly different from those first obtained ;
that according to them the population of Dulwich is
not more than half the former estimate, while the
death-rate is doubled ; that the population of Camberwell
becomes increased by between 6000 and 7000
persons; that of Peckham by more than 12,000;
that of St. George's by about 2000; and that of the
entire Parish by about 17,000; and that the deathrates
of these sub-districts, and of the Parish as a
whole, undergo a corresponding diminution and present
a more natural uniformity. Under any circumstances,
however, the death-rate of Dulwich appears
to be remarkably low, and to point to extraordinary
healthiness of the population, and the death-rates of
Camberwell, St. George's, and the entire Parish, are.
highly satisfactory. As regards Peckham there is no