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" The deaths from Cholera and from
Diarrhoea, from the beginning of June until
the end of December, in the several groups of
districts into which London is divided, were as
follows :—
Cholera.
Diarrhoea.
Total
West (with a population estimated at 511,258)
187
404
591
North ( „ „ „ 686,021)
413
579
992
Central ( „ „ „ 359,219)
328
390
718
East ( „ „ „ 607,945)
3,925
861
4,786
South ( ,, ,, ,, 873,548)
710
627
1,337
" The Cholera death-rate for South London
would have been considerably less had
the Greenwich district (including Greenwich,
Deptford and Woolwich) been excluded from
computation; for in this district no less than
282 deaths from Cholera occurred, leaving for
the rest of the Southern districts a total
Cholera mortality of 428 only."
" The deaths from epidemic Cholera in
Camberwell were only 46; of which 11 occurred
in the Camberwell sub-district, 15 in that
of St. George's, and 20 in that of Peckham.
Dulwich escaped. There were also 54 fatal
cases of diarrhoea.
" The first fatal case of Cholera in the
parish of Camberwell occurred on the 13th July,
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