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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) 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Table I.—Populations of London & its Groups of Districts atCensus of 1881.

Table I.—Populations of London & its Groups of Districts at

Census of 1881.

London.West D.North D.Central D.East D.South D.
3,816,483669,633905.947282,238692,7381,265,927

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It will be gathered from this that Hoopingcough
and Small-pox have been less fatal than for
many years, that deaths from Fever have diminished
in some degree, that the mortality from Diphtheria
has advanced considerably, and that as regards
Measles and Scarlet Fever there has been but little
change. It will doubtless also be observed that the
mortality from nearly all of the diseases is larger in the
Southern group than in any other of the groups.
The explanation of this is: chiefly that the population
of the South districts is much larger than that of any