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tions varied, however, considerably in the different parts of
the Parish. In Dulwich, where birth-rates and death-rates
are always low, the number of such deaths was 13, and
formed only 19 per cent. of the total deaths. In Camberwell,
the number was 1259, and formed 36 per cent.; in
Peckham, the number was 1535, and formed 40 per cent.;
and in St. George's, the number was 1166, and formed 49
per cent.
The deaths arranged under the head of accidental or
other violence, including those of parishioners occuring in
hospitals and elsewhere ouside the Parish, were 99. This
number is larger by four than that returned in 1887.
finder the heading of premature birth or defective
vitality, are included 310 deaths, or 30 less than were
recorded in the previous year. The group is a somewhat
heterogeneous one, inasmuch as it includes, not only children
born prematurely and dying on account of their prematurity,
but many children that die of obscure and ill-defined causes
during the first few weeks after birth.
Thirty-seven deaths were ascribed to child-birth. This
is three more than died from this cause in 1887, and was
at the rate of 5.2 per 1,000 deaths. It may be observed
that nearly all these deaths occurred in Camber well and
Peckham; and that almost half occurred in the first quarter
of the year.
Inflammatory affections of the lungs caused 750 deaths,
of which 352 occurred in children under five years of age.
Of these, 301 occurred in the first quarter of the year, 146
in the second quarter, 76 in the third quarter, and 233 in