[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles].

  • St. Giles Camberwell (Parish : Surrey, England)
Date:
[1867]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 increase has been invariable, as the following table framed for the last 6 years will shew:— No. of Weeks Birhts. Deaths. New Houses erected. 1861 52 2391 1419 202 1862 52 2488 1553 374 1863 53 2688 1731 535 1864 52 2982 1843 528 1865 52 3036 1907 775 1866 52 3321 2050 1509 Total in 6 years 16,906 10,503 3923 The progressive increase of the annual mortality might be supposed, and has been assumed, to shew progressive deteriora tion of the health of the Parish; and no doubt if, while the mor tality had thus increased, the number of the population had re mained stationary, the correctness of this inference could not be disputed. It is clear however from the above table, that the progressive increase in the annual number of deaths has pro ceeded pari passu with a similar increase in the annual number of births, and with yearly additions to the number of houses, and inferentially therefore with a progressive annual increase of the population. But since, under similar conditions of healthiness, the number of deaths occurring within a given time will depend upon the number of the population among which they occur (in other words, the larger the population the larger will be the