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Social Conditions and Vital Statistics.
Camberwell is largely a dormitory borough situated in Southeast
London. Roughly pear-shaped, its greatest length is approximately
4¾ miles and its width about 2½ miles. The area of the
Borough is given as 4,480 acres. The northern portion is densely
populated, averaging 114 persons to the acre. In this area overcrowding
exists and cases of extreme poverty are frequently found.
Most of the factories and workshops are situated in the north and
north-east parts of the Borough, and include the following industries:
Motor and general engineering, printers, laundries, timber yards,
etc. The manufacture of gas and its associated products is the
most important and largest industrial process carried on in the
Borough.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Total. M. F.
Live Births {Legitimate 3,019 1,568 1,451} Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
{Illegitimate 133 62 71} resident population, 13.2.
Still births 94 58 36 Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births, 28.9.
Deaths 2,934 1,512 1,422 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population, 12.3.
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 5 1.54
Other puerperal causes 3 0.92
Total 8 2.46
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 67
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 66
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 90
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 30
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 10
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 35
Sickness and Invalidity.
There was no unusual or excessive sickness or invalidity during
the year which calls for any special comment in this report.
Unemployment.
Unemployment still exists and shows no evidence of diminishing
appreciably in the near future. In this connection I have to thank
the Manager of the local Ministry of Labour Exchange for the
following figures relating to the number of registered unemployed
persons in the Borough during the last quarter of 1934: —
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