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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camberwell) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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TABLE ix— Return of Births and Deaths for the Fifty-Two Weeks ending Saturday, December 30th, 1882.
| BIRTHS. | ACCORDING TO AGES. | DEATHS. | ACCORDING TO DISEASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M F | M | F | MF | Under 1 year. | Between 1 and 6. | Between 6 and 10. | Between 10 and 20. | Between 20 and 30. | Between 30 and 40. 1 | Between 40 and 60. | Between 60 and 60. | Between 60 and 70. | Between 70 and 80. | Between 80 and 90. | 90 and upwards. | Violence, Poison, and Accident. | Premature Birth or Defective Vitality. | Child Birth. | Erysipelas, Pyæmia, &c. | Pneumonia, Bronchitis, & c. | Diarrhoea Dysentery. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Convulsions, &c. | Tubercular Diseases. | Other Diseases, chiefly Chronic. | |||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dulwich | 52 | 38 | 90 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 12 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | - | 21 |
| Camberwell | 119 | 1102 | 2221 | 633 | 378 | 1311 | 301 | 191 | 36 | 43 | 61 | 82 | 106 | 122 | 149 | 144 | 66 | 10 | 13 | 109 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 94 | 115 | 30 | 6 | — | 59 | 39 | 18 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 58 | 140 | 36 | 551 |
| Peckham | 1405 | 1283 | 2688 | 716 | 685 | 1401 | 384 | 320 | 39 | 38 | 65 | 95 | 77 | 82 | 116 | 113 | 36 | 6 | 40 | 129 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 148 | 123 | 24 | 2 | — | 40 | 89 | 37 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 94 | 120 | 83 | 393 |
| St. George's. | 1001 | 987 | 1988 | 516 | 499 | 1015 | 336 | 256 | 39 | 24 | 36 | 57 | 60 | 52 | 66 | 62 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 144 | 77 | 36 | 1 | - | 79 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 81 | 98 | 65 | 233 |
| 1st Quarter | 949 | 895 | 1844 | 570 | 609 | 1179 | 287 | 290 | 47 | 28 | 45 | 70 | 63 | 72 | 116 | 118 | 36 | 7 | 20 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 166 | 135 | 8 | 1 | — | 95 | 55 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 99 | 44 | 327 |
| 2nd Quarter | 876 | 867 | 1743 | 453 | 388 | 841 | 202 | 190 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 56 | 53 | 59 | 83 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 75 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 57 | 6 | 2 | - | 39 | 61 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 58 | 84 | 54 | 254 |
| 3rd Quarter | 888 | 822 | 1710 | 400 | 409 | 809 | 280 | 143 | 26 | 17 | 37 | 38 | 56 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 31 | 3 | 19 | 79 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 29 | 63 | 2 | — | 31 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 77 | 56 | 260 |
| 4th Quarter | 864 | 826 | 1690 | 468 | 481 | 949 | 264 | 147 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 79 | 90 | 38 | 2 | 18 | 96 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 105 | 99 | 14 | 4 | - | 15 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 101 | 30 | 307 |
| Totals | 3577 | 3410 | 6987 | 1891 | 1887 | 3778 | 1033 | 770 | 144 | 108 | 162 | 239 | 248 | 264 | 337 | 327 | 128 | 18 | 77 | 321 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 390 | 320 | 91 | 9 | - | 180 | 168 | 76 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 15 | 234 | 361 | 184 | 1148 |
Deaths in Workhouse, 260—(133 male, 127 female). Deaths in Lunatic Asylums, 92-(51 male, 41 female).