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belonged to Dulwich, 71 to Camberwell, 122 to Peckham,
and 59 to St. George's. They raise the total mortality of
the Parish from 3773 to 4029.
Table XI. shows both the augmented mortality of the
Parish and of its sub-districts, due to this addition, and the
augmented death-rates:—
Table XI.—Deaths and Death-rates of Camberwell and
its Sub-Districts obtained by including the 256 Deaths which
occured in Hospitals and elsewhere outside the Parish.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
St.
George's.
Deaths
4,029
69
1,259
1,535
1,166
Death-rates
14.8
9.8
13.4
14.8
17.1
Tables IX. and X. give the details of the returns of
births and deaths for the year, arranged both according to
districts and according to seasons. They also include an
enumeration of deaths according both to ages and to
diseases.
There is not much in the tables calling for comment
beyond the fact that both births and deaths were less
numerous in 1888 than they were in the previous year; the
births being lower by 397, the deaths by 214. This, of
course, is in accordance with what was observed in regard
to London generally, and with the general diminution in the
birth- and death-rates.
The deaths of children under five years of age were, as
usual, very numerous. In the whole Parish they amounted
to 1657, or 44 per cent. of the total mortality. The