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well, and of the entire Parish, as they were severally
enumerated at the Censuses of 1851, 1861, 1871,
and 1881. It shows with what rapid strides the
houses and the population have increased in number
during the thirty years to which the table relates;
that within this time the population has more than
trebled itself, and that the houses have increased in
almost equal proportion; and that this marvellous
growth (taking the whole period into consideration)
has been shared in pretty equally by all the districts
of the Parish. The rate of increase, however, has
been far from uniform for the whole Parish between
the different Censuses; and as regards the districts,
such variations have been very considerable.
TABLE II.
Census Returns for 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881.
Districts.
Houses,
as enumerated at
Censuses.
Population,
as enumerated at
Censuses.
Annual
increase
of Population
per
1000, from
1871 to
1881.
1851
1861
1871
1881
1851
1861
1871
1881
Dulwich .
259
294
646
862
1632
1723
4041
5590
32.9809
Camberwell
2851
3444
4998
9217
17742
21297
31251
59104
65.7992
Peckham
3457
4948
7016
10751
19444
28135
42159
71089
54.6376
St. Georges
2845
3412
5095
6471
15849
20333
33851
50810
41.4483
Totals for
Parish
9412
12098
17755
27301
54667
71488
111302
186593
53.0264
g