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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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any of the other groups of districts. The population, in
fact, of the Southern districts in the year 1881, was very
nearly equal to that of the combined Eastern and Western
districts, and was larger than that of the combined
Northern and Central districts.
I now pass on to the sanitary statistics of our own
Parish.
Table IV. gives the population of Camberwell and of its
sub-districts, as they were determined at the Census of 1881,
and the populations estimated for the middle of the year
1889, on the assumption that the rates of increase of each
sub-district and of the Parish, which prevailed between 1871
and 1881, have been maintained since.
Table IV.—Populations of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
| Parish. | Dulwich. | Camber-well. | Peckham | St. George's. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As estimated at Census of 1881 | 186,593 | 5,590 | 59,104 | 71,089 | 50,810 |
| As estimated for middle of year 1889 | 285,875 | 7,300 | 99,951 | 109,419 | 71,038 |
It will be found that the total for the parish in the
lower line does not correspond exactly with the total obtained
by adding up the estimates for the several sub-districts. The
difference, which is unimportant, depends on the fact (which
renders absolute agreement impossible) that the increase for
each sub-district, and that for the entire parish, have been
calculated on independent data.