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Camberwell 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX Summary of Statistics for the year 1959.
| Area of the Borough | 4,480 acres |
| Greatest length | 4¾ miles |
| breadth | 2½ miles |
| " height above Ordnance Datum (Sydenham Hill) | 365 feet |
| Population (Census April 1951) | 179,777 |
| " (estimated by Registrar-General mid-1959) | 176,100 |
| Number of inhabitated houses (April 1959) | 44,841 |
| Rateable value (April 1959) | £2,533,403 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £10,050 |
| Number of live births | 3,156 |
| Birth rate | 17.9 |
| Number of deaths | 2,011 |
| Death rate | 11.4 |
| Infantile Mortality:- | |
| Deaths under 1 year | 85 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 26.9 |
| Maternal Mortality:- | |
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 3 |
| Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births | 0.93 |
| Deaths from Phthisis | 12 |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.07 |
| Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis | 14 |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.08 |