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St Giles (Camberwell) 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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The populations of London, and of its five groups of
districts, as determined at the Census of 1881, were as
follows:
Table I.—Populations of London and of its Groups of Districts at Census of 1881.
| London | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,816,483 | 669,633 | 905,947 | 282,238 | 692,738 | 1,265,927 |
The numbers have increased generally since that time, and
the Registrar-General estimates that in the middle of 1885,
the population of the Metropolis had reached 4,083,928, of
which number 1,923,447 were males, 2,160,481 were females.
Table II. gives the births and deaths, together with
the birth-rates and death-rates per 1000 for the whole of
London and for its groups of districts:
Table II.—Births, Deaths, Birth-rates and Death-rates of London and its Groups of Districts for 1885.
| London | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | 132,506 | 20,242 | 29,808 | 8,119 | 26,410 | 47,927 |
| Deaths | 80,000 | 13,819 | 18,042 | 6,012 | 16,043 | 26,084 |
| Birth Rates | 32.5 | 28.1 | 30.6 | 31.1 | 37.0 | 35.0 |
| Death Bates | 19.6 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 23.0 | 22.5 | 18.5 |
The death-rate (18.5) here assigned to South London
is the lowest ever recorded for that area. It is also lower
than any that has been recorded either for the whole Metropolis
or for any one of its five groups of districts, until the
year to which this report relates, when the northern group
shewed an equal death-rate with the southern group, and
shared with it the honours of the occasion.