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Camberwell 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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SECTION 1.
General Statistics.
Area (acres) 4,480
Population (Census 1921) 267,198
Do. (estimated 1924) 273,700
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1921) 41,419
Do. do. do. (approximately, 1924) 44,948
Number of families or separate occupiers, 1921 66,104
Rateable value £1,410,012
Sum represented by a penny rate, about £5,700
Population. —The Registrar-General has estimated the
population of the Borough at the middle of 1924 to be 273,700,
and it is upon this figure that the death and birth rates are
calculated.

Table: The estimated population of the different wards is as follows:— Population.

The estimated population of the different wards is as follows:— Population.

Ward.Census 1921.Estimated 1922.Estimated 1923.Estimated 1924.
115,44215,62115,73615,818
214,42014,58714,69514,771
314,20114,36614,47214,546
416,56216,75416,87816,966
516,09616,28616,40616,488
613,24313,39613,49513,565
716,23016,41816,54016,624
815,54815,72815,84415,927
916,23816,42616,54816,633
108,9759,0799,1469,193
1111,43811,57111,65411,716
1214,02514,18814,29314,366
1310,66210,78610,86610,922
1410,71210,83610,91610,973
1512,12612,26712,36112,421
1614,56614,73514,84414,920
1714,64214,81214,92214,998
1816,02916,21516,33516,420
1912,13712,27812,36912,432
203,9063,9513,9804,001
267,198270,300272,300273,700