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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE No. II.—BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES AND DEATHS FROM 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. | 273,700 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 70.0 | 8 | 42 | 72 | 22 | 311 | 291 | 377 | 313 |
| No. 1 | 15,818 | 23.1 | 11.9 | 73.8 | – | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | 14,771 | 22.5 | 12.3 | 79.5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | 14,546 | 17.2 | 9.9 | 44.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | 16,966 | 22.9 | 11.4 | 97.2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 22 |
| 5 | 16,488 | 21.5 | 12.1 | 105.7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 31 | 16 | 22 |
| 6 | 13,565 | 20.1 | 10.9 | 51.8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| 7 | 16,624 | 24.1 | 10.7 | 74.2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
| 8 | 15,927 | 22.4 | 12.5 | 62.7 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 28 | 21 |
| 9 | 16,633 | 20.3 | 13.6 | 81.3 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 30 |
| 10 | 9,193 | 15.8 | 11.5 | 62.5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
| 11 | 11,716 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 16 |
| 12 | 14,366 | 18.9 | 9.9 | 74.3 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 20 |
| 13 | 10,922 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 43.5 | – | – | 1 | – | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| 14 | 10,973 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 76.4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 18 |
| 16 | 12,421 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 49.7 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 18 | 7 | 16 | 7 |
| 16 | 14,920 | 17.3 | 11.5 | 77.2 | – | – | 3 | – | 21 | 15 | 35 | 12 |
| 17 | 14,998 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 65.3 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 8 |
| 18 | 16,420 | 14.3 | 9.0 | 59.5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 9 |
| 19 | 12,432 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 68.1 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | 9 | 20 | 8 |
| 20 | 4,001 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 75.0 | – | 1 | – | – | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Unknown Locality | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | – |