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St Giles (Camberwell) 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Of the 1,327 returned from the sub-district
of Camberwell, 292 occurred in the Workhouse and
91 in two Lunatic Asylums, making a total of 383
which (though appearing in the Mortuary Returns
of this district) no more belong properly to it
than they do to the other sub-districts of the
Parish. In order to determine the death rates
of the sub-districts, it is necessary to distribute these
proportionately among them. This has been done
in Table VII, the last column of which presents the
corrected returns.
Table IV.—Population of Camberwell and its Sutb-Districts.
| Dulwich. | Camberwell. | Peckham. | St. George's. | Parishp. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As estimated at Census of 1881. | 5,590 | 59,104 | 71,089 | 50,810 | 186,593 |
| As estimated middle of year 1882. | 6,061 | 68,240 | 79,977 | 55,678 | 209,674 |
The death-rates of Camberwell and of its
component districts are obtained by comparing the
deaths given in the last column of Table VII, and
the populations as calculated for the middle of 18831