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CAM 57
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
TOWN HALL,
CAMBERWELL, S.E.5
October, 1963
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors,
of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
MR. MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS,
I have much pleasure in presenting my Annual Report
on the health of the Borough during 1962.
There were no dramatic changes in the vital statistics.
The birth rate increased from 19.3 to 20.2 per thousand
population and the death rate fell by four points as
compared with the previous year. The most significant
variation was a reduction in the deaths from tuberculosis;
these numbered only eight as compared with nineteen in
1961. The death rate of 0.05 is the lowest ever recorded
in Camberwell.
The Public Health Department has continued to expand
its interests in community care, particularly in respect
of the welfare of the elderly. The work of the Public
Health Inspectors and the social workers in calling
attention to unsuitable home conditions and arranging
for their amelioration is of considerable value. Close
liaison is maintained with the Council's Housing Department
and with the Divisional Health Office of the L.C.C.
'Outside' activities include the continuation of parents
groups in churches, and ties with such organisations as
the Council on Alcoholism (of which the Medical Officer
of Health is Chairman) and the Camberwell Samaritans
(the Medical Officer of Health is a member of its Executive
Committee).
The Housing Act, 1961, and the regulations made
thereunder in relation to houses in multiple occupation
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