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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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CENSUS, 1901. AREA, HOUSES AND POPULATION.
| Area in Statute Acres. | Houses. | Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninhabited. | 1891. | 1901. | |||||||
| Inhabited. | In Occupation. | Not in Occupation. | Building. | Persons. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | ||
| CAMBERWELL | 4,480.0 | 36,671 | 554 | 754 | 220 | 233,706 | 259,339 | 122,997 | 136,342 |
| Civil Parish (Municipal Borough) of Camberwell. | |||||||||
| Wards— No. 1, The West | .. | 1,953 | 56 | 28 | 7 | .. | 15,174 | 7,421 | 7,753 |
| „ 2, Addington | .. | 1,590 | 26 | 9 | – | .. | 14,611 | 7,137 | 7,474 |
| „ 3, Town Hall | .. | 1,945 | 22 | 33 | 7 | .. | 14,343 | 6,857 | 7,486 |
| „ 4, St. George's | .. | 2,231 | 13 | 18 | – | .. | 16,964 | 8,349 | 8,615 |
| „ 5, Coburg | .. | 1,621 | 14 | 16 | 1 | .. | 14,911 | 7,316 | 7,595 |
| „ 6, Marlborough | .. | 1,989 | 19 | 28 | 1 | .. | 15,456 | 7,561 | 7,895 |
| „ 7, North Peckham | .. | 2,161 | 45 | 22 | – | .. | 16,910 | 8,427 | 8,483 |
| „ 8, Goldsmith | .. | 2,193 | 21 | 30 | 5 | .. | 15,711 | 7,688 | 8,023 |
| „ 9, Clifton | .. | 2,309 | 45 | 26 | 5 | .. | 16,292 | 7,915 | 8,377 |
| „ 10, Rye Lane | .. | 1,507 | 119 | 42 | 3 | .. | 9,520 | 4,564 | 4,956 |
| „ 11, St. Mary's | .. | 1,775 | 24 | 29 | – | .. | 11,829 | 5,660 | 6,169 |
| „ 12, Nunhead | .. | 2,004 | 16 | 25 | 4 | .. | 13,961 | 6,754 | 7,207 |
| „ 13, The Rye | .. | 1,634 | 15 | 74 | 44 | .. | 8,636 | 3,905 | 4,731 |
| „ 14, St. Giles's | .. | 1,575 | 25 | 31 | 3 | .. | 10,329 | 4,712 | 5,617 |
| „ 15, Lyndhurst | .. | 1,789 | 7 | 36 | 6 | .. | 11,127 | 4,800 | 6,327 |
| „ 16, St. John's | .. | 2,158 | 22 | 56 | 7 | .. | 13,967 | 6,467 | 7,500 |
| „ 17, Alleyn | .. | 2,075 | 38 | 57 | 14 | .. | 14,631 | 6,835 | 7,796 |
| „ 18, Ruskin | .. | 1,811 | 10 | 85 | 84 | .. | 11,608 | 5,203 | 6,405 |
| „ 19, The Hamlet | .. | 1,685 | 7 | 68 | 23 | .. | 9,189 | 3,970 | 5,219 |
| „ 20, The College | .. | 666 | 10 | 41 | 6 | .. | 4,170 | 1,456 | 2,714 |
| Camberwell Parliamentary Borough— | |||||||||
| No. 1, North Division | .. | 11,519 | 139 | 124 | 15 | 88,916 | 93,073 | 45,299 | 47,774 |
| „ 2, Peckham Division | .. | 13,268 | 283 | 234 | 62 | 83,483 | 91,448 | 44,267 | 47,181 |
| „ 3, Dulwich Division* | .. | 15,543 | 184 | 628 | 124 | 83,320 | 97,369 | 43,125 | 54,244 |
* Includes Penge.