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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Summary of Statistics for the year 1954.
| Area of the Borough | 4,480 acres |
| Greatest length | 4¾ miles |
| „ breadth | 2½ miles |
| „ height above Ordnance Datum (Sydenham Hill) | 365 feet |
| Population (Census April 1951) | 179,777 |
| „ (estimated by Registrar-General mid-1954) | 179,500 |
| Number of inhabitated houses (end of 1954) | 41,535 |
| Rateable value (April 1954) | £1,617,345 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £6,625 |
| Number of live births | 2,654 |
| Birth rate | 14.8 |
| Number of deaths | 1,819 |
| Death rate | 10.1 |
| Infantile Mortality:— | |
| Deaths under 1 year | 59 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 22.2 |
| Maternal Mortality:— | |
| Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | 1 |
| Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births | 0.37 |
| Deaths from phthisis | 24 |
| Phthisis death rate | 0.13 |
| Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis | 26 |
| Tuberculosis death rate | 0.14 |