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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BIRTHS. | ACCORDING TO AGE. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under 1 Year | From 1 to 6 | From 5 to 10 | From 10 to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 80 to 40 | From 40 to 50 | From 50 to 60 | From 60 to 70 | From 70 to 80 | From 80 to 90 | From 90 upwards | Violence,Poison, and Accident | Premature Birth | Child-birth | Erysipelas, Pyaemia, &c. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, kc. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery | Cholera | Hooping Cough | Measles | Group | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Fever | Small Pox | Hydrocephalus, and Convulsions —Infancy | Tubercular Diseases | Other diseases, chiefly Chronic | |||||
Puerperal Fever | Other Causes | Under 5 | Over 5 years | Under 5 | Over 6 years | Phthisis | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich | 35 | 47 | 82 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Camberwell | 857 | 876 | 1733 | 580 | 617 | 1206 | 217 | 166 | 26 | 30 | 59 | 82 | 98 | 124 | 149 | 164 | 81 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 83 | 156 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 142 | 33 | 518 |
Peckham | 1314 | 1303 | 2617 | 653 | 647 | 1300 | 407 | 242 | 53 | 35 | 50 | 78 | 84 | 88 | 106 | 94 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 109 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 164 | 113 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 37 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 114 | 130 | 73 | 390 |
St. George's | 1027 | 927 | 1954 | 484 | 482 | 966 | 297 | 244 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 51 | 67 | 71 | 62 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 125 | 81 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 82 | 76 | 36 | 249 |
1st Quarter | 809 | 801 | 1610 | 480 | 524 | 1004 | 255 | 150 | 27 | 31 | 41 | 57 | 65 | 80 | 113 | 117 | 59 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 140 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 81 | 83 | 35 | 375 |
2nd Quarter | 780 | 718 | 1498 | 460 | 422 | 882 | 215 | 201 | 30 | 22 | 39 | 56 | 63 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 58 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 75 | 110 | 40 | 278 |
3rd Quarter | 781 | 783 | 1564 | 314 | 296 | 610 | 181 | 105 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 56 | 57 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 72 | 32 | 223 |
4th Quarter | 863 | 851 | 1714 | 492 | 523 | 1015 | 277 | 202 | 44 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 66 | 83 | 90 | 80 | 47 | 4 | 14 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 178 | 118 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 58 | 85 | 38 | 297 |
Totals | 3233 | 3153 | 6386 | 1746 | 1765 | 3511 | 928 | 658 | 115 | 102 | 152 | 201 | 239 | 281 | 331 | 324 | 162 | 18 | 44 | 250 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 372 | 353 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 122 | 123 | 76 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 261 | 350 | 145 | 1173 |
Population of Dulwich in 1871, 4,041; Camberwell, 31,251 ; Peckham, 42,159; St. George's, 33,851 ; Total, 111,302. The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 315 occurring in the Workhouse and 118 in the Lunatic Asylums, making a total of 433, |