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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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tricts of the Parish. It is reasonable therefore to
distribute them proportionately over all the districts.
This re-distribution I have effected as usual, by first
deducting them from the returns for the Camberwell
sub-district, and then dividing them among all the
districts in proportion to the numbers of the deaths
occurring in them severally. My mode of procedure
and the results at which I arrive are given in the
subjoined Table:—
TABLE IV.
| Return of Deaths. | Deaths in Workhouse and Lunatic Asylums re-distributed. | Estimate of Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dulwich | 50 | +5 | 55 |
| Camberwell | (1167—330) 837 | +86 | 923 |
| Peckham | 1348 | +139 | 1487 |
| St. George's | 967 | +100 | 1067 |
| Total | 3202 | 330 | 3532 |
The death-rate depends on a comparison of the
estimated number of deaths occurring in a locality
during the year with the estimated number of the
population residing there during the same period. I