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repeat the caution which I have often before expressed, that
my estimates of population must be regarded as mere estimates,
founded on data which are liable to variations, and
therefore themselves liable to considerable error.
During the year 1885, 7,173 children (3,669 boys and
3,504 girls) were born in the Parish. Of these 92 were born in
Dulwich, 2,303 in Camberwell, 2,685 in Peckham, and 2,093
in St. George's. There was an increase of 3 in Dulwich,
and of 15 in St. George's; but there was a fall of 99 in Camberwell,
and of 59 in Peckham. The births for the whole
Parish were fewer by 140 in 1885 than they were in 1884.
The falling-off is slight, and is sufficiently accounted for by
the fact that the Returns for 1884 included 53 weeks, while
these for 1885 comprised 52 weeks only:

The birth-rates per 1000 for 1884 and 1885 are given
in Table VI. It will be seen that the birth-rate has fallen
in all districts except Dulwich, and that the birth-rate of
Dulwich, as usual, is less than half that of any of the other
districts of the Parish:

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