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The birth-rates per 1,000, for the years 1887 and 1888,
for Camberwell and its districts are given in Table VI. It
will be observed that those for 1888 are all smaller than
those for 1887, in which year, also, the birth-rates were
unusually low. They were all, also (excepting only that of

St. George's), considerably lower than the birth-rate of the
whole of London. These rates have naturally all been
deduced from the higher estimates of the parochial
population previously given. But of course the higher
the estimate of the population, the actual number of
births remaining the same, the lower will the birth-rate
become. And the calculated birth-rates are generally so
low, that I cannot doubt that they are incorrect; and that
they supply an additional reason for regarding my larger
estimate of the population as being far in excess of the
truth. It may be pointed out, however, that, although
doubtless the birth-rate of Dulwich is below its proper
figure, the birth-rate of Dulwich, owing to the social
characteristics of the place, is always far below that of any
other part of the Parish.
The deaths registered in Camberwell during the year
(Table IX.) were 3,773, of which 1,848 were of males, 1925
of females; and of which 59 occured in Dulwich, 1425 in
Camberwell, 1,282 in Peckham, and 1,007 in St. George's.