[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell. page 5

Camberwell 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Social Conditions.
The Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell covers an area of
4,480 acres and is divided into 20 wards.
The number of persons per acre at the Census enumeration in
1931 was 56, and compares favourably with the average density of
London as a whole which was 58.7 persons per acre at that time.
The corresponding figure for Camberwell in 1936, based on the
Registrar-General's estimated population figure was 51, the greatest
density existing in the northern part of the Borough.

Table: It will be seen, however, on reference to the following table that five wards in the Borough have a density of population figure of over 100 persons per acre.

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It will be seen, however, on reference to the following table that five wards in the Borough have a density of population figure of over 100 persons per acre.

Ward.	Acreage.	Population Census, 1931.	Estimated Population Mid-1936.	Estimated Density of Population Mid-1936. (Persons per acre)
1	125	14,489	13,225	105·8
2	85	13,016	11,882	139·7
3	132	13,189	12,031	91·1
4	104	14,922	13,614	130·8
5	99	14,421	13,163	132·9
6	124	12,024	10,972	88·4
7	164	14,672	13,396	81·0
8	124	14,274	13,021	105·0
9	144	14,888	13,584	94.3
10	111	7,700	7,028	63.3
11	137	10,833	9,881	72.1
12	117	12,496	11,402	97·5
13	531	11,022	10,061	18·9
14	129	10,485	9,567	74·1
15	247	12,234	11,163	45·1
16	165	13,719	12,515	75·8
17	228	13,861	12,648	55·4
18	451	16,797	15,319	33·9
19	555	12,123	11,061	19·9
20	708	4,129	3,767	5·3

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The chief industries in the Borough are the manufacture of gas
and its associated products, engineering, laundries and printing.
None of the industries carried on in the area appears to have had a
prejudicial effect on the health of the workers engaged in them.

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

		Total.	M.	F.
Live births	Legitimate	3,067	1,551	1,516	Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 13.93 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 31.53
Live births	Illegitimate	127	59	68
Stillbirths		104	48	56

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Camberwell 1936

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Table: It will be seen, however, on reference to the following table that five wards in the Borough have a density of population figure of over 100 persons per acre.

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Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.