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compared with an increase of 16,959. From an examination
of the statistics concerning houses and population given at
the successive Censuses, compared with what we know from
other sources of the condition of Camberwell, I think it
may be safely assumed that, excepting perhaps in the
hamlet of Dulwich, we shall never in the future witness
anything like the extraordinary growth of population
which has been observed in the past, especially during the
last 30 years, but that on the contrary the increase will
tend to diminish from year to year until, as in the central
districts of London, the population becomes stationary or
nearly so.
During the year (see Table XVII.) 7,298 children were
born in the Parish, of whom 3,644 were boys, and 3,654
were girls. Of these 74 belonged to Dulwich; 2.291 to
Camberwell; 2,657 to Peckham; and 2,276 to St. George's.
The total births were more numerous in 1890 than they
were in the previous year by 37. In Dulwich there was a
falling off of 16; in Camberwell an increase of 5; in
Peckham, of 16; and in St. George's, of 32:—
Table XVII.—Births in Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham.
St.
George's.
1889
7,261
90
2,286
2,641
2,244
1890
7,298
74
2,291
2,657
2,276
Difference
+ 37
- 16
+ 5
+ 16
+ 32
The birth-rates per 1,000 for Camberwell and its sub-