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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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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M | F | MF | M | F | MF | Under I Year | From 1 to 5 | From 5 to 10 | | From 10 to 20 | From 20 to 30 | From 30 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 and Defective Vitality. | Child-birth | Erysipelas. Pyaemia, &c. | Pneumonia Bronchitis, &c. | Diarrhcea Dysentery | Cholera | Hooping Cough | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Croup | fever | Small-Pox | Hydrocephalus and Convulsionsof Infancy | Tubercular Diseases | Other diseases chiefly Chronic | |||||
Puerperal | Other | Under 5 years | Over 5 years | Under 5 years | Over 5 years | Phthisis | Others | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich | 38 | 42 | 82 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
Camberwell- | 1023 | 976 | 1999 | 589 | 578 | 1167 | 298 | 146 | 43 | 26 | 47 | 98 | 80 | 103 | 138 | 120 | 63 | 5 | 13 | 77 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 67 | 110 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 118 | 29 | 463 |
Peckham | 1343 | 1327 | 2670 | 690 | 658 | 1348 | 407 | 302 | 67 | 34 | 62 | 78 | 81 | 65 | 108 | 89 | 50 | 5 | 30 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 132 | 126 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 27 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 112 | 118 | 89 | 378 |
St. George's | 980 | 916 | 1896 | 492 | 475 | 967 | 320 | 233 | 43 | 23 | 41 | 49 | 60 | 56 | 61 | 61 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 81 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 67 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 87 | 91 | 41 | 242 |
1st Quarter - | 859 | 807 | 1666 | 536 | 596 | 1132 | 261 | 289 | 50 | 20 | 46 | 55 | 68 | 79 | 124 | 93 | 42 | 5 | 22 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 133 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 94 | 304 | |
2nd Quarter - | 888 | 853 | 1741 | 392 | 342 | 734 | 174 | 155 | 37 | 24 | 35 | 63 | 45 | 46 | 69 | 61 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 83 | 27 | 254 |
3rd Quarter - | 851 | 769 | 1620 | 483 | 404 | 887 | 397 | 122 | 33 | 17 | 41 | 49 | 41 | 54 | 45 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 189 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 87 | 62 | 256 | |
4 th Quarter - | 786 | 832 | 1620 | 383 | 396 | 779 | 204 | 121 | 36 | 24 | 33 | 63 | 60 | 47 | 74 | 78 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 70 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 68 | 38 | 282 |
Totals - | 3384 | 3261 | 6647 | 1794 | 1738 | 3532 | 1036 | 687 | 156 | 85 | 155 | 230 | 214 | 226 | 312 | 276 | 132 | 13 | 67 | 256 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 293 | 308 | 214 | 9 | 0 | 206 | 59 | 126 | 32 | 19 | 36 | 13 | 261 | 332 | 162 | 1096 |
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. |