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St Giles (Camberwell) 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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The numbers have of course increased since
then; and in the middle of 1882 it is calculated that
the population of London had risen to 3,893,272.
The populations of the several groups of
districts had also undergone a change, though,
severally in different proportions to the increase of
the whole Metropolis: but what exactly was the
estimated population of each of these groups in the
middle of 1882, I do not know.
The following table shews the births and deaths, and the birth-rates and death-rates per 1000, in 1882, for London as a whole and the several groups of districts.
TABLE II.
| London. | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | 133,200 | 19,971 | 30,238 | 8,557 | 27,631 | 46,803 |
| Deaths | 82,905 | 13,537 | 18,183 | 6,580 | 17,607 | 26,998 |
| Birth-rate | 34.3 | 28.9 | 32.8 | 31.1 | 39.8 | 35.8 |
| Death-rate | 21.4 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 23.9 | 25.3 | 20.7 |
It is interesting to observe how different the
birth-rates are in the several groups; and that (as
is probably always found) the poorer localities are
those in which the birth-rate is highest.