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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camberwell) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Table IV. gives the number of births and deaths that
occurred in the whole of London, and in each of its five
groups of districts during the year 1890, together with the
birth-rates and death-rates, calculated on the populations, as
estimated for the middle of 1890, on the assumption that
the rates of increase which prevailed from 1871 to 1881
have been maintained since. It is needless however to say,
that all these estimates have been proved by the recent
Census returns to be more or less inaccurate:—
Table I.—Number of Houses in London, as Determined at the Censuses, together with the Actual Increase, and the Increase per 100 from Census to Census.
| Year. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited | Total. | Actual Increase. | Increase per 100 | Building |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 121,229 | 5,185 | 126,414 | — | — | — |
| 1811 | 141,732 | 4,571 | 146,303 | 19,889 | 15.7 | 3,121 |
| 1821 | 164,681 | 8,246 | 172,927 | 26,624 | 18.2 | 3,299 |
| 1831 | 196,666 | 16,408 | 213,074 | 40,147 | 23.2 | 4,086 |
| *1841 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1851 | 305,933 | 16,643 | 322,576 | †109,502 | 450.4 | 4,815 |
| 1861 | 359,421 | 15,774 | 375,195 | 52,619 | 16.3 | 4,027 |
| 1871 | 417,617 | 32,320 | 449,937 | 74,742 | 20.0 | 5,104 |
| 1881 | 486,186 | 36,966 | 523,152 | 73,215 | 16.3 | 7,749 |
| ‡1891 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Table V. is a record of deaths due to the more important
zymotic or infectious diseases in London during the
last 10 years; and, for the year 1890, their distribution
among the several groups of districts:—
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