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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE No. 3.—DEATH AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES OF PRINCIPAL DISEASES.
Deaths from
All forms
Tuberculosis.
All forms
Pneumonia.
Cancer.
Birth
Rate.
Scarlet
Fever.
Population.
Death
Rate.
Infantile
Mortality
Rate.
Diphtheria.
Measles.
Whooping
Cough.
Whole Borough
Ward.
272,300
20.7
11
57
7
35
72
30
305
246
333
23.5
12.5
15,736
64.8
-
No. 1
59.1
5
7
20
24
17
-
23.0
12.2
2
14,695
-
5
2
28
15
17
48.7
8
23.3
10.9
3
14,472
-
1
17
12
76.7
5
3
12
24.7
11.2
1
4
16,878
12
5
3
12
17
12.4
-
16,406
23.7
84.6
1
22
5
7
1
4
24
22
8.1
69.4
13,495
21.3
-
4
1
1
6
17
13
12
77.4
7
16,540
25.7
11.0
-
9
4
6
32
21
15
65.6
1
8
15,844
23.1
12.8
6
3
14
16
24
11.4
49.0
1
-
9
16,548
21.0
3
2
15
84.5
1
29
16
12.4
-
10
9,146
21.9
5
1
1
6
10
16
1
11,654
17.5
9.6
49.0
11
4
1
14
6
17
-
-
10.9
41.5
12
14,293
20.2
3
2
11
3
8
21
54.0
-
10,866
13.6
9.4
13
3
9
5
12
-
-
10,916
18.4
11.4
34.8
-
14
5
1
22
15
14
16.4
11.0
44.3
-
-
15
12,361
4
1
6
8
17
42.0
-
16
17.6
10.1
-
3
14,844
17
10
23
25.2
1
-
-
14,922
26.5
7.1
17
3
-
6
9
13
45.0
14.9
-
18
16,335
8.9
-
-
13
9
18
11.7
34.4
-
-
12,369
11.2
-
19
1
5
7
16
10.8
69.7
1
-
-
13 .3
20
3,980
-
4
4
10
-
-
-
-
Unknown Locality
-
-
-
-
4
1
3
-
-
TABLE No. 3.—DEATH AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES OF PRINCIPAL DISEASES.
| Population. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | Scarlet Fever. | Deaths from | All forms Tuberculosis. | All forms Pneumonia. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | ||||||||||
| Whole Borough Ward. | 272,300 | 20.7 | 11 | 57 | 7 | 72 | 35 | 30 | 305 | 246 | 333 | 276 |
| No. 1 | 15,736 | 23.5 | 12.5 | 64.8 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 20 | 24 | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | 14,695 | 23.0 | 12.2 | 59.1 | – | 5 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | 14,472 | 23.3 | 10.9 | 48.7 | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 | 16,878 | 24.7 | 11.2 | 76.7 | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 21 |
| 5 | 16,406 | 23.7 | 12.4 | 84.6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 23 |
| 6 | 13,495 | 21.3 | 8.1 | 69.4 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
| 7 | 16,540 | 25.7 | 11.0 | 77.4 | – | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 16 |
| 8 | 15,844 | 23.1 | 12.8 | 65.6 | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 25 |
| 9 | 16,548 | 21.0 | 11.4 | 49.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| 10 | 9,146 | 21.9 | 12.4 | 84.5 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 |
| 11 | 11,654 | 17.5 | 9.6 | 49.0 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 7 |
| 12 | 14,293 | 20.2 | 10.9 | 41.5 | – | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 12 |
| 13 | 10,866 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 54.0 | – | 3 | – | – | 9 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 14 | 10,916 | 18.4 | 11.4 | 34.8 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | 12,361 | 16.4 | 11.0 | 44.3 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 6 | 8 | 17 | 12 |
| 16 | 14,844 | 17.6 | 10.1 | 42.0 | – | 3 | – | – | 17 | 10 | 23 | 16 |
| 17 | 14,922 | 26.5 | 7.1 | 25.2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 |
| 18 | 16,335 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 45.0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 9 | 18 | 10 |
| 19 | 12,369 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 34.4 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 16 | 12 |
| 20 | 3,980 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 69.7 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| Unknown Locality | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |