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St Giles (Camberwell) 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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83
that the rates of increase of each sub-district and of the
Parish, which prevailed between 1871 and 1881, have been
maintained since:—

Table: T able III.—M ortality op chief Z ymotic D iseases in Londonfor 10 years.

T able III.—M ortality op chief Z ymotic D iseases in London

for 10 years.

Hooping Cough.Measles.Diphtheria.Scarlet FeverFever.Small Pox.
18784,4461,5105581,7921,3611,416
18793,0002,4885922,7061,099458
18803,4381,5015613,073886475
18811,9612,5336542,1081,1962,371
18824,6472,3298632,0041,117431
18831,5822,4209511,9891,081134
18843,1882,2859731,4441,045913
18852,4792,928896707695899
18862,8342,07884668870124
18872,9282,8949611,4476729
1887West D.3165162042181151
North D.6886671563131620
Central D.15717510657531
East D.6956221401581151
South D.1,0729143556772274
Metropolitan Asylum Hospitals outside London.0002402

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It will be found that the total for the Parish in the last
line does not correspond exactly with the totals obtained by
adding up the estimates for the several sub-districts. The
difference, which is not very important, depends on the fact
(which renders absolute agreement impossible) that the increase
for each sub-district, as also that for the entire Parish,
have been calculated on independent data. It is almost needless,
perhaps, to say that the assumed rates of increase are
never really maintained; that the estimated annual growth
of the Parish is much more likely to prove fairly uniform
than that of any one of its constituent parts; and that hence
as we recede further and further from the last census the
estimates of the parochial population, and especially the
estimates of the populations of the several sub-districts, probably
differ more and more widely from the populations
actually existing.
During the year 1887 (see Table V.) 7,449 children, of
•whom 3,869 were boys and 3,580 were girls, were born in
the Parish. Of these, 107 belonged to Dulwich, 2,363 to
Camberwell, 2,705 to Peckham, and 2,274 to St. George's.