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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Summary of Statistics for the year 1951.
| Area of the Borough | 4,480 acres |
| Greatest length | 4¾ miles |
| „ breadth | 2½ miles |
| „ height above Ordnance Datum (Sydenham Hill) | 365 feet |
| Total area of Public Parks and Open Spaces | 234·64 acres |
| Population (Census April 1951) | 179,729 |
| „ (estimated by Registrar-General mid-1951) | 179,500 |
| Number of inhabitated houses (end of 1951) | 40,852 |
| Rateable value (April 1951) | £1,564,493 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £6,370 |
| Number of live births | 2,951 |
| Birth rate | 16.4 |
| Number of deaths | 2,424 |
| Death rate | 13.5 |
| Infantile Mortality:— | |
| Deaths under 1 year | 76 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 25·7 |
| Maternal Mortality:— | |
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 3 |
| Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births | 1.0 |
| Deaths from phthisis | 56 |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.3 |
| Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis | 65 |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.3 |