[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell. page 7

Camberwell 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: Vital Statistics. The vital and mortal statistics of every ward in the Borough for the year 1933 are given in the following table:-

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Vital Statistics. The vital and mortal statistics of every ward in the Borough for the year 1933 are given in the following table:-

Wards.	Estimated Population.	Births.		Deaths under 1 year		Deaths all ages.
Wards.	Estimated Population.	No.	Rate per 1000.	No.	Rate per 1000.	No.	Rate per 1000.
1	14,051	233	16.6	16	69	162	11.5
2	12,623	212	16.8	10	47	154	12.2
3	12,791	193	15.1	11	57	148	11.6
4	14,471	193	13.3	12	62	186	12.8
5	13,985	171	12.2	8	47	159	11.4
6	11,661	161	13.8	11	68	137	11.7
7	14,229	207	14.5	15	72	186	13.1
8	13,843	193	13.9	12	62	189	13.6
9	14,438	196	13.6	5	25	200	13.8
10	7,467	100	13.4	5	50	96	12.8
11	10,506	149	14.2	9	60	145	13.8
12	12,118	149	12.3	5	33	161	13.3
13	10,689	127	11.9	3	24	98	9.2
14	10,168	161	15.8	6	37	165	16.2
15	11,864	161	13.6	6	37	126	10.6
16	13,304	173	13.0	5	29	181	13.6
17	13,442	157	11.7	5	32	162	12.0
18	16,289	157	9.6	6	38	164	10.1
19	11,757	120	10.2	8	67	142	12.1
20	4,004	34	8.5	2	59	44	11.0
The Borough	243,700	3,247	13.32	160	49	3,005	12.33

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Births and Birth Rates.
During the year the live births after correction for inward and
outward transfers, numbered 3,247, of which 1,641 were males and
1,606 females.
The birth rate was 13.3 as compared with 14.6 last year,
once more a decrease, and constitutes a new low record.

Table: This decline in the birth rate has been progressive for many years past, and it will be seen from the information appearing in the following table that since the Census year 1921 the annual number of births has been approximately halved.

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This decline in the birth rate has been progressive for many years past, and it will be seen from the information appearing in the following table that since the Census year 1921 the annual number of births has been approximately halved.

Year.	Population.		Births.	Birth Rate.
Census 1921		267,198	6,301	23.6
1922	Estimated	270,300	5,802	21.5
1923	„	272,300	5,657	20.8
1924	„	273,700	5,146	18.8
1925	„	275,400	4,877	17.7
1926	„	275,400	4,584	16.6
1927	„	271,100	4,232	15.6
1928	„	260,400	4,135	15.9
1929	„	256,900	3,934	15.3
1930	„	256,900	3,809	14.8
1931	Census	251,294	3,704	14.7
1932	Estimated	248,000	3,614	14.6
1933	„	243,700	3,247	13.3

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Camberwell 1933

Table: Vital Statistics. The vital and mortal statistics of every ward in the Borough for the year 1933 are given in the following table:-

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Table: This decline in the birth rate has been progressive for many years past, and it will be seen from the information appearing in the following table that since the Census year 1921 the annual number of births has been approximately halved.