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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table I. —CAMBERWELL.— Return of Births and Deaths for the Fifty-Two Weeks ending Saturday, January 1st, 1881.

BIRTHS.according to age.DEATHS.according to diseases.
MFMFMFMFUnder I YearFrom 1 to 5From 5 to 10 |From 10 to 20From 20 to 30From 30 to 40From 40 to 50From 50 to 60From 60 to 70From 70 to 80From 80 to 90From 90 upwardsViolence, Poison, and AccidentPremature Birth and Defective Vitality.Child-birthErysipelas. Pyaemia, &c.Pneumonia Bronchitis, &c.Diarrhcea DysenteryCholeraHooping CoughMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaCroupfeverSmall-PoxHydrocephalus and Convulsionsof InfancyTubercular DiseasesOther diseases chiefly Chronic
PuerperalOtherUnder 5 yearsOver 5 yearsUnder 5 yearsOver 5 yearsPhthisisOthers
Dulwich38428223275011632553256204501035200112211015313
Camberwell-102397619995895781167298146432647988010313812063513773510671106850751226115816111829463
Peckham134313272670690658134840730267346278816510889505309342101321267320462768116101111211889378
St. George's9809161896492475967320233432341496056616117320812609167712084193087171879141242
1st Quarter -85980716665365961132261289502046556879124934252252144133162600148161185124819435304
2nd Quarter -888853174139234273417415537243563454669612322151023564890045133212684608327254
3rd Quarter -85176916204834048873971223317414941544544322129442434211897081118569628762256
4 th Quarter -786832162038339677920412136243363604774783541259469707710205193575103586838282
Totals -3384326166471794173835321036687156851552302142263122761321367256914202933082149020659126321936132613321621096
Population of Dulwich in 1871, 10-41; Camberwell, 31251 ; Peckham, 42159 ; St. George's, 33851 ; Total, 111302. The Deaths returned for the Sub-District of Camberwell include 246 occurring in the Workhouse and 84 in the Lunatic Asylums, making a Total of 330.