Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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TABLE IX— Returns of Births and Deaths for the Fifty-two Weeks ending Saturday, January 1st, 1887.
BIRTHS. | according to ages. | DEATHS. | according to diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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m | F | M F | M | F | M F | Under 1 year. | Between 1 and 5. | Between 5 and 10. | Between 10 and 20. | Between 20 and 30. | Between 30 and 10. | Between 40 and 50. | Between 50 and 60. | Between 60 and 70. | Between 70 and 80. | Between 80 and 90. | 90 and upwards. | Violence, Poison and Accident. | Premature Birth or Defective Vitality. | Child-birth. | Erysipelas, Pyæmia, &c. | Pneumonia Bronchitis, | Diarrhœa and Dysentry. | Cholera. | Hooping Cough. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtherin. | Croup. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Convulsions, &c. | Tubercular Diseases. | Other Diseases, Chiefly Chronic. | |||||
Puerperal Fever. | Other Causes. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Under 5 years. | Over 5 years. | Phthisis. | Others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dulwich | 44 | 40 | 84 | 32 | 23 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Tamberwell | 1306 | 1147 | 2153 | 742 | 750 | 1492 | 340 | 153 | 34 | 35 | 60 | 132 | 137 | 117 | 206 | 192 | 81 | 5 | 21 | 121 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 86 | 178 | 56 | 7 | ... | 44 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | ... | 46 | 180 | 47 | 615 |
Peckham | 1294 | 1292 | 2586 | 683 | 714 | 1397 | 440 | 254 | 48 | 41 | 46 | 82 | 77 | 95 | 133 | 123 | 52 | 6 | 37 | 132 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 160 | 138 | 63 | 6 | ... | 65 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 126 | 90 | 404 |
St. George's | 1098 | 1082 | 2180 | 524 | 525 | 1049 | 368 | 210 | 25 | 28 | 47 | 54 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 61 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 126 | 100 | 75 | 6 | ... | 47 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ... | 59 | 96 | 87 | 254 |
1st Qiarter | 979 | 928 | 1907 | 597 | 641 | 1238 | 272 | 206 | 30 | 39 | 45 | 75 | 91 | 103 | 59 | 142 | 69 | 7 | 18 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 141 | 210 | 3 | 3 | ... | 98 | 6 | ... | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 120 | 52 | 398 |
2nd Quarter | 887 | 943 | 1830 | 451 | 430 | 881 | 236 | 164 | 35 | 19 | 28 | 60 | 79 | 70 | 80 | 72 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 85 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 85 | 64 | 11 | 2 | ... | 35 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ... | 44 | 85 | 59 | 287 |
3rd Quarter | 912 | 810 | 1722 | 464 | 471 | 935 | 380 | 130 | 18 | 23 | 37 | 54 | 56 | 50 | 86 | 70 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 96 | ... | 2 | 4 | 48 | 36 | 160 | 7 | ... | 16 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ... | 34 | 89 | 67 | 309 |
4th Quarter | 964 | 880 | 1844 | 469 | 470 | 939 | 270 | 118 | 26 | 27 | 43 | 81 | 72 | 64 | 98 | 100 | 37 | 3 | 26 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 103 | 117 | 21 | 7 | ... | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | ... | 49 | 112 | 47 | 306 |
Total | 3742 | 3561 | 7303 | 1981 | 2012 | 3993 | 1158 | 618 | 109 | 108 | 53 | 270 | 298 | 287 | 423 | 384 | 170 | 15 | 87 | 365 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 377 | 427 | 195 | 19 | ... | 156 | 95 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 185 | 406 | 225 | 300 |
Deaths in Workhouse, 326—(189 Males, 137 Females); in two Lunatic Asylums, 115—(51 Males, 64 Females).