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Camberwell 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
for the Year 1937.
Area of the Borough in Acres 4,480
Population (Estimated resident population mid-1937) 224,800
Population (Census 1931) 251,294
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1937) according to Rate
Books 43,502
Rateable Value £1,737,712
Sum represented by a penny rate Estimated £6,950
Number of live Births 3,165
Birth Rate 14.08
Number of Deaths 2,884
Death Rate 12.83
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 185
Infantile Deaths per 1,000 Births 58
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 6
Per 1,000 live births 1.90
Maternal Death Rate
Per 1,000 total births 1.84
Deaths from Phthisis 177
Phthisis Death Rate 0.79
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 206
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.92