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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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in the deaths from fever from 738 to 596, and in the deaths
from small-pox from 9 to 1. But there was an increase in
the deaths from diphtheria of from 1,311 to 1,588, and
in those from diarrhoea from 2,200 to 2,739. It will be
recollected that the year 1888 was also an exceptionally
healthy year.
The populations of London and its five groups of
districts, as determined at the Census of 1881, are given in
Table I.:—
Table I.—Populations of London and of its Groups of Districts at Census of 1881.
| London | West D. | North D. | Central D. | East D. | South D. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,816,483 | 669,633 | 905,947 | 282,238 | 692,738 | 1,265,927 |
The numbers have progressively increased since that
period; and, according to the estimate of the Registrar
General (based on the assumption that the rate of increase
which prevailed between 1871 and 1881 has since been
maintained), the population of the Metropolis amounted, in
the middle of 1889, to 4,351,738, an increase since the
previous year of (39,370, and since the Census of 535,255.
Table II. gives the numbers of births and deaths occurring
in the whole of London, and in each of its groups of
districts, together with the corresponding birth-rates and
death-rates:—