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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE II—BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES AND DEATHS FROM PRINCIPAL DISEASES, 1926.
| Population. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | Deaths from | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | All forms Tuberculosis. | All forms Pneumonia. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | |||||
| Whole Borough Ward | 275,400 | 16.6 | 11.0 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 48 | 7 | 286 | 226 | 397 | 333 |
| No. 1 | 15,918 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 6 | – | 28 | 19 | 24 | 17 |
| 2 | 14,863 | 22.7 | 10.8 | 74 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 18 | 22 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | 14,638 | 14.8 | 9.2 | 74 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 8 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| 4 | 17,071 | 20.6 | 12.7 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 31 |
| 5 | 16,592 | 20.0 | 11.6 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 7 | – | 18 | 11 | 16 | 24 |
| 6 | 13,655 | 16.9 | 10.5 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 23 |
| 7 | 16,702 | 20.3 | 11.4 | 95 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 12 | 12 | 21 | 18 |
| 8 | 16,026 | 21.5 | 10.7 | 41 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 21 | 9 | 23 | 18 |
| 9 | 16,738 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 57 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 33 | 22 |
| 10 | 9,252 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 63 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 9 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| 11 | 11,790 | 15.8 | 11.1 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| 12 | 14,457 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 52 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 27 | 10 | 23 | 13 |
| 13 | 10,990 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 68 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 |
| 14 | 11,042 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 58 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 20 | 19 |
| 15 | 12,500 | 11.9 | 9.1 | 34 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 6 | 27 | 8 |
| 16 | 15,014 | 13.2 | 8.3 | 50 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 16 | 10 | 20 | 17 |
| 17 | 15,092 | 13.8 | 8.6 | 34 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 10 |
| 18 | 16,523 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 54 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 19 | 7 | 22 | 19 |
| 19 | 12,510 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 38 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 9 | 20 | 9 |
| 20 | 4,027 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 45 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Unknown Locality | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – |