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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 showing the Birth Rates, Death Rates and Infantile Mortality Rates in the 29 Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs in 1926.
| Births per 1,000 Population. | Deaths per 1,000 Population. | Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|
| City of London 7.9 | Lewisham 10.0 | Lewisham 40 |
| City of Westminster 11.3 | Woolwich 10.1 | Woolwich 42 |
| Hampstead 12.2 | Hampstead 10.1 | Stoke Newington 49 |
| Holborn 12.4 | Wandsworth 10.4 | Lambeth 54 |
| St. Marylebone 12.8 | Hackney 10.6 | Deptford 56 |
| Chelsea 13.3 | Fulham 10.7 | Bermondsey 56 |
| Wandsworth 14.3 | Greenwich 10.9 | Hampstead 58 |
| Kensington 15.1 | City of London 10.9 | Hackney 60 |
| Paddington 15.4 | Camberwell 11.0 | Kensington 61 |
| Lewisham 15.5 | Stoke Newington 11.0 | Battersea 61 |
| Stoke Newington 15.6 | Deptford 11.1 | City of Westminster 62 |
| Fulham 16.3 | Battersea 11.2 | Greenwich 63 |
| Hammersmith 16.3 | City of Westminster 11.2 | Camberwell 64 |
| Camberwell 16.6 | Poplar 11.3 | Wandsworth 64 |
| St. Pancras 16.8 | Hammersmith 11.3 | Fulham 65 |
| Woolwich 16.9 | Lambeth 11.5 | Chelsea 65 |
| Lambeth 17.2 | Bethnal Green 11.6 | Stepney 65 |
| Battersea 17.3 | Stepney 11.7 | City of London 66 |
| Hackney 17.3 | Holborn 11.7 | Shoreditch 66 |
| Greenwich 17.8 | Bermondsey 11.7 | Finsbury 67 |
| Deptford 18.2 | Shoreditch 11.9 | Islington 67 |
| Islington 18.5 | Islington 12.0 | Hammersmith 67 |
| Stepney 19.7 | St. Pancras 12.2 | Southwark 70 |
| Southwark 20.2 | Paddington 12.3 | Poplar 70 |
| Finsbury 20.6 | Chelsea 12.4 | Bethnal Green 72 |
| Bermondsey 20.8 | Kensington 12.4 | St. Pancras 76 |
| Bethnal Green 20.9 | St. Marylebone 12.6 | St. Marylebone 82 |
| Poplar 21.7 | Southwark 12.7 | Paddington 84 |
| Shoreditch 23.3 | Finsbury 12.8 | Holborn 90 |
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE AREA.
Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local Authority.
Fever and Small-Pox.
There is no fever hospital situated in the Borough. The
Metropolitan Asylums Board is responsible for the provision of
fever hospitals in London.
Tuberculosis.
The London County Council is responsible for the institutional
treatment of tuberculosis in London. They maintain no
institution in Camberwell.