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St Giles (Camberwell) 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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other group, being indeed larger than that of the
Central and North districts combined, and nearly as
large as that of the united East and West districts ;
partly that the Southern districts comprise several
large hospitals, including two belonging to the
Asylums Board.
Table IV. Gives the actual populations of the
parish of Camberwell and of its four sub-districts as
they were enumerated at the Census of 1881, and the
populations calculated for the middle of the year
1883, on the assumption that the rates of increase
of each district and of the Parish, that prevailed
between 1871 and 1881, have been maintained since.
Table II.—Births, Deaths, Birth-rates & Death-rates of London and its Groops of districts for 1883.
| London. | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | 133,656 | 20,105 | 30,316 | 8,605 | 27,544 | 47,086 |
| Deaths | 80,578 | 13,480 | 17,911 | 6,276 | 16,936 | 25,975 |
| Birth-rate | 33.9 | 30.0 | 31.3 | 30.5 | 38.9 | 37.2 |
| Death-rate | 20.4 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 19.4 |
It will be found that the total for the Parish in the
last line does not correspond exactly to the total
obtained by adding up the estimates for the several
sub-districts. The difference, which is unimportant,
depends on the fact (which renders absolute agreement
impossible) that the increase of each district,