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Most of the inhabitants of Camberwell, and this applies
especially to those living on the northern side of the Borough,
are of the working class, of whom a fairly large proportion live
in model dwellings and tenement houses. There are a small
number of the very poor living in common lodging houses. In
this area most of the factories and workshops are situated.
On the south side of Peekham Road the houses are of a more
modern type. In Dulwich and Sydenham most of the property
is large, standing in considerable areas of ground and occupied
by business and professional men. Of late years, however, there
has been a tendency to convert some of these houses into flats.
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year 1925.
Total. M. F.
(Legitimate 4,751 2,401 2,350)
Births {Illegitimate 126 60 66} Birth Rate, 17·7
Deaths 3,065 Death Rate, 1·11
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, Childbirth:—
From Sepsis 6
From other causes 7
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births 64.7
Legitimate, 303; Illegitimate, 13. Total 316
Deaths from Measles, all ages 15
Deaths from Whooping Cough, all ages 39
Deaths from Diarrhoea, under 2 years of age 31
Births. —The total number of births registered in the Borough
was 4,266. The corrected number of births arrived at by adding
682 births which occurred outside the Borough of persons belonging
to the Borough and deducting 71 births which occurred in the
Borough of persons not belonging to Camberwell, amounted to
4,877 —2,416 females and 2,461 males.

Illegitimate Births.—The number of Camberwell births reported
as illegitimate was 126, equal to a rate of 25.8 per 1,000
registered births.
Notification of Births Act.—During the year 4,653 births
were notified as follows:—
Notified by Mid wives 2,464
Notified by Medical Practitioners 1,290
Notified by Parents 299
Other Persons 600