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St Giles (Camberwell) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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270
quarter. In the second quarter the deaths from these
diseases were 161, and in the third, 134.
Diarrhoea and allied affections of the bowels caused 144
deaths, one less than in the previous year. Of these 1
occurred in Dulwich, 55 in Camberwell, 41 in Peckham, and
47 in St. George's. Diarrhoea is a disease which destroys
many more infant than adult lives, and is especially common
and fatal in the third quarter of the year, and in connection
with the hot weather which prevails at that time. In the
first quarter these deaths amounted to 9, of which 5 were in
children under 5; in the second quarter to 11, of which 8
were in children under 5; in the third quarter to 97, of
which 83 were in children under 5; and in the fourth
quarter to 27, of which 22 were in children under 5.
Excepting influenza, the collective mortality from the
so-called zymotic diseases differed little from that of the
year immediately preceding. (See Tables XIX. and XX.,
XXIII. and XXIV.)
Hooping cough caused 191 deaths, against 149 in the
previous year ; of which 4 occurred in Dulwich, 40 in Camberwell,
99 in Peckham, and 48 in St. George's.' One
hundred deaths from this cause occurred in the first quarter
of the year, 40 in the second, 31 in the third, and 20 in the
fourth.
Measles accounted for 163 deaths, against 193 in 1889.
Of this number 46 occurred in Camberwell, 64 in Peckham,
and 53 in St. George's. Three only occurred in the first

Table XXII.—Death-hates ok Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.

Parish.Dulwich.Camber-well.PeckhamSt. George's
On estimate of population deduced from Censuses of 1871-8115.010.612.915.317.5
On estimate of population deduced from Censuses of 1881-9119.511.917.221.420.8