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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Camberwell 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: The estimated population of the different wards of the Borough and the number of inhabitants resident in these areas at the Census of 1931 are compared in the following table:—

The estimated population of the different wards of the Borough and the number of inhabitants resident in these areas at the Census of 1931 are compared in the following table:—

Wards.Population at the Census.Estimated Population, 1932. (Middle of the Year).
114,48914,299
213,01012,845
313,18913,016
414,92214,726
514,42114,232
612,02411,866
714,67214,480
814,27414,087
914,88814.693
107,7007,599
1110,83310,691
1212,49612,332
1311,02210,878
1410,48510,348
1512,23412,074
1613,71913,539
1713,86113,679
1816,79716,577
1912,12311,964
204,1294,075
Total251,294248,000

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Births and Birth Rates.
The Registrar-General has furnished information that the
number of births registered in the Borough of Camberwell during
the year, after correction for inward and outward transfers was
3,614: males 1,811, females 1,803.
Included in this number is 120 registrations of illegitimate
births, which is equivalent to an illegitimate birth rate of 33.2 per
1,000 births.
As a matter of general interest and to draw attention to the
steady decline in the birth rate, particulars are given in the following
table of the population, number of births and the birth rate in each
year during the Census decennial period 1921.1931, as well as those
for last year.