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St Giles (Camberwell) 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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79
1881-82.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S
ANNUAL REPORT.
Gentlemen,
The Registrar General's annual summary
for the year 1881 contains the following
information:—
Table I. Population of London and of its
five groups of districts, as enumerated at the census
of 1881, and the death-rates thereof:—
London.
West.
North
Central.
East.
South.
Population
3,816,483
669,633
905,947
282,238
692,738
1,265,927
Deaths per 1000
21.2
19.5
20.6
23.0
24.2
20.4
I quote these figures, partly because they show
at a glance the amazing populousness of the