Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
This page requires JavaScript
The following table compares the population of the different wards calculated from this estimated figure with the ward census enumeration.
Wards. | Population at the Census, 1931. | Estimated Population, 1935. (Middle of the Year). |
---|---|---|
1 | 14,489 | 13,515 |
2 | 13,016 | 12,141 |
3 | 13,189 | 12,302 |
4 | 14,922 | 13,919 |
5 | 14,421 | 13,452 |
6 | 12,024 | 11,216 |
7 | 14,672 | 13,686 |
8 | 14,274 | 13,314 |
9 | 14,888 | 13,887 |
10 | 7,700 | 7,182 |
11 | 10,833 | 10,105 |
12 | 12,496 | 11,656 |
13 | 11,022 | 10,281 |
14 | 10,485 | 9,780 |
15 | 12,234 | 11,411 |
16 | 13,719 | 12,797 |
17 | 13,861 | 12,929 |
18 | 16,797 | 15,668 |
19 | 12,123 | 11,308 |
20 | 4,129 | 3,851 |
Total | 251,294 | 234,400 |
Vital Statistics.
The chief features of the vital statistics of the year under
review are a decrease in population, a birth rate which is slightly
higher, a death rate and infantile mortality rate each of which
is lower than the rates for the previous year.
The vital and mortal statistics of every ward in the Borough for the year 1935 are given in the following table:—
Wards. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Deaths under 1 year | Deaths all ages. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate per 1,000. | No. | Rate per 1,000. | No. | Rate per 1,000. | ||
1 | 13,515 | 210 | 15.5 | 16 | 76 | 171 | 12.6 |
2 | 12,141 | 174 | 14.3 | 12 | 68 | 128 | 10.5 |
3 | 12,302 | 145 | 11.8 | 10 | 68 | 135 | 10.9 |
4 | 13,919 | 184 | 13.2 | 12 | 65 | 154 | 11.0 |
5 | 13,452 | 190 | 14.1 | 10 | 52 | 155 | 11.5 |
6 | 11,216 | 178 | 15.8 | 10 | 56 | 139 | 12.4 |
7 | 13,686 | 205 | 15.0 | 13 | 63 | 135 | 9.8 |
8 | 13,314 | 180 | 13.5 | 15 | 83 | 154 | 11.5 |
9 | 13,887 | 202 | 14.5 | 18 | 89 | 187 | 13.4 |
10 | 7,182 | 101 | 14.0 | 5 | 49 | 103 | 14.3 |
11 | 10,105 | 155 | 15.3 | 7 | 45 | 97 | 9.6 |
12 | 11,656 | 149 | 12.8 | 3 | 20 | 166 | 14.2 |
13 | 10,281 | 125 | 12.1 | 7 | 56 | 96 | 9.3 |
14 | 9,780 | 154 | 15.7 | 13 | 84 | 148 | 15.1 |
11,411 | 15 | 201 | 17.6 | 4 | 19 | 124 | 10.8 |
16 | 12,797 | 157 | 12.2 | 9 | 57 | 175 | 13.6 |
17 | 12,929 | 155 | 11.9 | 12 | 77 | 134 | 10.3 |
18 | 15,668 | 144 | 9.2 | 4 | 27 | 194 | 12.3 |
19 | 11,308 | 111 | 9.8 | 5 | 45 | 126 | 11.1 |
20 | 3,851 | 35 | 9.0 | 6 | 171 | 48 | 12.4 |
The Borough | 234,400 | 3,155 | 13.4 | 191 | 60 | 2,769 | 11.8 |