Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX Summary of Statistics for the year 1963.
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) | 175,304 |
" (Estimated by Registrar-General mid/1963) | 174, 220 |
Number of inhabitated houses (April 1963) | 45,511 |
Rateable value (April 1963) | £7,269,737 |
Sum represented by a penny rate (Estimated) | £28,975 |
Number of live births | 3,714 |
Birth rate | 21.3 |
Number of deaths | 2,197 |
Death rate | 12.6 |
Infantile Mortality:- | |
Deaths under 1 year | 75 |
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 20.2 |
Maternal Mortality:- | |
Deaths of women from diseases or accidents associated with childbirth | NIL |
Maternal death rate per 1,000 total births | NIL |
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 |
Death rate | 0.05 |
Deaths from cancer of lung and bronchus | 132 |
Death rate | 0.7 |
Deaths from all forms of cancer | 393 |
Death rate | 2.2 |