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The death-rates per 1,000 derived from the estimated
populations of the Parish, and of its sub-districts (as given
in the lowest line of Table IV.), and from the redistributed
deaths as given in the last column of Table VII. are set
forth in Table VIII. ; in which Table are also given, for the
purposes of comparison, the corresponding death-rates of
the previous year. The results on the whole are highly
satisfactory ; for it appears that the death-rate of the
Parish is not only less than it was in 1890, but, as may be
seen on reference to Table II., is less than that of London
and of all its groups of districts. In St. George's the
mortality was about 1 per 1,000 heavier than that in
1890 ; in Camberwell there was a merely fractional increase;
in Dulwich there was a fractional fall; in Peckham there
was a fall of about 2½ per 1,000.
Table VIII.—Death-rates of Camberwell and its Sub-Districts.
Parish.
Dulwich.
Camberwell.
Peckham
St.
George's
1890
19.5
11.9
17.2
21.4
20.8
1891
18.98
11.54
17.38
18.89
21.97
The death-rate in Dulwich remains, as it always has
been, remarkably and exceptionally low. In this connection
may perhaps refer to a paper which I wrote some many
years ago on the mutual relations of the birth-rate and
death-rate. The immediate occasion of the paper was the
publication of an address by Dr. B. W. Richardson, and a
discussion which took place in the daily press thereupon,
???n which it seemed to be assumed that by the death-rate
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