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Camberwell 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Summary of Statistics
for the year 1952.
Area of the Borough ... ... ... ... 4,480 acres
Greatest length ... ... ... ... ... 4¾ miles
„ breadth ... ... ... ... 2½ m il es
„ 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-1952) ... ... ... 181,200
Number of inhabitated houses (end of 1952) ... 41,391
Rateable value (April 1952) ... ... ... £1,593,921
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £6,460
Number of live births ... ... ... 2,917
Birth rate
Number of deaths ... ... ... ... 2,212
Death rate ... ... ... ... ... 12.2
Infantile Mortality : —
Deaths under 1 year ... ... ... ... 69
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births ... ... 23.6
Maternal Mortality : —
Deaths of women from diseases or accidents
associated with childbirth ... ... ... 2
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births ... 0.67
Deaths from phthisis ... ... ... ... 48
Phthisis death rate ... ... ... ... 0.26
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis ... 52
Tuberculosis death rate ... ... ... ... 0.29