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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 1925
[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. | 275,400 | 17.7 | 11.1 | 64.7 | 13 | 40 | 15 | 39 | 305 | 297 | 350 | 324 |
| No. 1 | 15,918 | 23.9 | 13.1 | 83.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | 14,863 | 22.6 | 12.3 | 77.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | 14,638 | 16.4 | 10.4 | 58.0 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | 17,071 | 21.8 | 11.4 | 79.7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 19 |
| 5 | 16,592 | 20.4 | 10.8 | 86.7 | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 16 |
| 6 | 13,655 | 18.9 | 10.1 | 53.0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 15 |
| 7 | 16,702 | 24.1 | 11.8 | 74.2 | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 16 |
| 8 | 16,026 | 20.1 | 11.7 | 71.2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 25 | 21 | 23 | 17 |
| 9 | 16,738 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 69.6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 30 | 13 | 23 | 20 |
| 10 | 9,252 | 17.1 | 12.1 | 47.7 | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| 11 | 11,790 | 16.8 | 10.1 | 60.5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 12 |
| 12 | 14,457 | 17.9 | 11.8 | 78.4 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 25 |
| 13 | 10,990 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 59.2 | – | 1 | – | – | 7 | 7 | 16 | 11 |
| 14 | 11,042 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 53.9 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| 15 | 12,500 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 47.0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | 15,014 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 44.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 20 |
| 17 | 15,092 | 16.9 | 9.7 | 56.8 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | 16,523 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 51.0 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 18 |
| 19 | 12,510 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 37.5 | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 12 |
| 20 | 4,027 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 96.1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Unknown Locality | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – |