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St Giles (Camberwell) 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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through the kindness of Mr. Carter, the number of assessments
made on the 9th of April, 1881, the Census year, and
the number made on the 6th April, 1889, and on the
assumption that the population still holds the same
numerical relation to the number of houses that it did in
the Census year, have again calculated the populations for
the year 1889. The results are given in the following
table:—
Table V.—Shewing the Populations of Camberwell and of its Su B -D ist ricts as deduced from the south london Death -Rate and Birth-Rate, and the increase of Assessments since 1881 respectively.
| Population estimated on. | Parish. | Dulwich. | Camber-well. | Peckham | St. George's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death-rate of 16.6 per 1000 | 238,494 | 3,916 | 70,482 | 92,892 | 71,204 |
| Birth-rate of 31.3 per 1000 | 231,981 | 2,875 | 73,036 | 84,377 | 71,693 |
| On Increase of Assessments | 235,890 | 7,054 | 80,026 | 82,605 | 66,205 |
Of the above estimates, the first and second are certainly
altogther erroneous as applied to Dulwich, in which locality
it has been proved over and over again that the death-rate
and birth-rate are always singularly low. They are probably
also, both of them, too low for Camberwell, the deathrate
and birth-rate of which district are, as a rule, lower
than the corresponding rates in Peckham and St. George's.
There is good reason also to believe that the estimate
of the population of Peckham from the death-rate leads to an
exaggerated result,