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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Summary of Statistics for the year 1950.
| Area of the Borough | 4,480 acres |
| Greatest length | 4¾ miles |
| „ breadth | 2½ miles |
| „ height above Ordnance Datum (Sydenham Hill) | 365 feet |
| Total area of Public Parks and Open Spaces | 234-64 acres |
| Population (estimated mid-1950) | 178,900 |
| „ (Census 1931) | 251,294 |
| Number of inhabitated houses (end of 1950) | 40,156 |
| Rateable value (April 1950) | £1,552,856 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £6,270 |
| Number of live births | 2,905 |
| Birth rate | 16.2 |
| Number of deaths | 2,029 |
| Death rate | 11.3 |
| Infantile Mortality:— | |
| Deaths under 1 year | 78 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 27 |
| Maternal Mortality :— | |
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 2 |
| Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births | 0.6 |
| Deaths from phthisis | 57 |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.3 |
| Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis | 64 |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.3 |