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The death-rates of Camberwell and its sub-districts
have been deduced, from the figures representing the
parochial deaths in the last column of Table XXI., and,
in the first place, from the populations calculated for the
middle of the year 1890 as given in the third horizontal
line of Table XVI., and, in the second place, from those
calculated for the middle of the same year in the fourth
horizontal line of the table. It will be borne in mind that
the former series of figures represents the populations as
derived from the Censuses of 1871-81; the latter series the
populations derived from the Censuses of 1881-91:—
Table XXII.—Death-hates ok Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham
St.
George's
On estimate of population
deduced from Censuses
of 1871-81
15.0
10.6
12.9
15.3
17.5
On estimate of population
deduced from Censuses
of 1881-91
19.5
11.9
17.2
21.4
20.8
It will be seen from the above Table, how great the
differences are in the death-rates deduced from these different
and independent data; that, in the first case, being calculated
upon a largely exaggerated estimate of population,
they are unduly, and I might almost say, absurdly, small;
and that in the latter, and pretty nearly accurate estimate,
they are relatively high, even though still the death-rates
are by no means really heavy. In Dulwich the difference
between the estimates amounts to 1.3 in the thousand; in St.
s