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become 71; those for Camberwell, 1,652 ; those for Peckham
1,656; and those for St. George's, 1,142.
The deaths for 1890 were more numerous than those
for 1889; for the whole parish the increase was 562; for
Dulwich, 13; for Camberwell, 182; for Peckham, 230; and
for St. George's, 87.
Of the 1,652 deaths attributed to the sub-district of
Camberwell, 243 occurred in the Workhouse and Infirmary,
and 99 in two Lunatic Asylums; and of the 1,656 attributed
to Peckharn, 102 occurred in the Infirmary in the Gordon
Road. Thus, 544 deaths, though included in the mortuary
returns of these two districts, no more belong to them
properly than they do to either of the other two subdistricts.
And in order, therefore, to determine the true
mortality of the sub-districts generally, it is necessary to
distribute these deaths proportionately among them all.
This has been done in Table XXI., the last column of which
gives the amended returns:—