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polis, and how large a proportion the population
of South London bears to the whole; but mainly
because the death-rates for the year (here shown)
are amongst the lowest Metropolitan death-rates on
record, while that of South London is with one
exception the most favourable of the series.
Only once since civil registration began has
the Metropolitan death-rate been lower than in
1881, namely in 1850, when it was 21.0. But
the death-rate of 20.4 is the lowest that has ever
been recorded for South London.
HEALTH OP CAMBERWELL.
From these prefatory remarks I proceed to
discuss the statistical returns of our own parish.
Some of the facts with respect to Camberwell
ascertained by the census of 1881 were published
sufficiently early to enable me to make use of
them for the purposes of my last annual report.
I now place them before you in more detail; and
for the purposes of comparison have combined them
in a table with like series of facts obtained at the
previous Censuses. Table II. shows the houses and
the population of the four sub-districts of Camber-