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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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have made three separate estimates of the population,
and one estimate of the number of deaths; and it is
clear that the death rate will vary according as I
adopt one or other of these estimates of population.
The different results are given side by side in the
following Table:—
TABLE V.
| Death Rate for 1880. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| On population, deduced from increase between 1861 and 1871. | On population deduced from the birth-rate. | On population deduced from increase between 1871 and 1881. | |
| Dulwich | 6.18 | 14.76 | 10.05 |
| Camberwell | 20.71 | 16.16 | 16.19 |
| Peckh.m | 24.26 | 20.33 | 21.58 |
| St. George's | 19.67 | 20.54 | 21.54 |
| Whole Parish | 20.90 | 19.00 | 19.53 |
The first of these series of estimates is the least
accurate, the last is doubtless the most accurate; but
whether we take the second or the third, the result is
about equally satisfactory, inasmuch as, according to
either, the death-rate of the Parish appears to have
been not only less than that of London as a whole, but