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Camberwell 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX
Summary of Statistics for the year 1961.
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 1961) 174,697
(Estimated by Registrar-General
mid/1961) 173,980
Number of inhabitated houses (April 1961) 45,239
Rateable value (April 1961) £2,578,961
Sum represented by a penny rate
(Estimated) £10,350
Number of live births 3,352
Birth rate 19.3
Number of deaths 2,054
Death rate 11.8
Infantile Mortality:-
Deaths under 1 year 65
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births 19.4
Maternal Mortality:-
Deaths of women from diseases or
accidents associated with childbirth 4
Maternal death rate per 1,000
total births 1.2
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 19
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.11
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 20
Tuberculosis death rate 0.12