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It will be seen that the Mortuary Rates,
which are certainly low, have nevertheless all
advanced a little on those of the previous year. It
must be borne in mind, however, that all last year's
rates, not only those for our own Parish but those
for the country generally, were unprecedentedly low,
and scarcely likely to be maintained. The deathrates
present much the same local variations as the
birth-rates. In Dulwich, the healthiest, the least
populous, and the best to do part of the parish, the
death-rate is remarkably low; while Camberwell,
which lies in these respects between Dulwich on the
one hand, and Peckham and St. George's on the
other, occupies an intermediate position also as
regards its death-rate.
But again, as I have before shown, the low
birth-rate of Dulwich has an important influence
over the low death-rate of that district; and the
comparatively high birth-rates of the other parts
of the parish influence their death-rates very
appreciably, and in an unfavorable sense.
Table IX exhibits in detail the returns of
births and deaths for the year, arranged both
according to districts, and according to seasons.