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Included in the first class were 259 gardeners and gardeners' labourers;
under the heading of professional occupations, 192 male and 401 female
mental attendants; and among those employed in personal service, 1,052
female domestic servants.
Vital Statistics.—The births registered in the District in 1925
numbered 248. The nett births belonging to the District were 225, of
which 12 were illegitimate.
Tbe deaths registered in the District in 1925 numbered 529, of which
183 occurred in the Union Hospital, 7 in the Cottage Hospital, 810 in the
Mental Hospitals, 2 in the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, and 3 in other
Institutions; 415 deaths were transferred to other Districts, and 16 persons
belonging to Epsom died elsewhere, leaving 180 nett deaths.
These figures represent a birth-rate of 11.6 per 1,000 and a deathrate
of 6.'7 for the year, based upon the population estimated by the
Registrar-General, who has also issued a factor by which the crude deathrate
should be multiplied in order to allow for the age- and sex-distribution
of the population, producing a standardised death-rate of 6-2, for comparison
with other Districts.
This estimate of the population, however, appears to include the
inmates of the Mental Hospitals, whose deaths are deducted for distribution
among the Districts to which they belong.
For the reasons mentioned on page 4, the nett population, or number
of persons amongst whom the recorded births and deaths have occurred,
may be estimated at 15,700, giving a birth-rate of 14.8 per 1,000, and a
death-rate of 8.8. The birth-rate for England and Wales in 1925 was 18.8,
and the death-rate was 12.2.
The deaths of infants under one year of age numbered 13, viz., 5 males
and 8 females. The mortality rate was 58 per 1,000 births. The rate for
England and Wales for 1925 was 75. Eight of the deaths wero due to
prematurity or congenital debility, and 3 to whooping cough.
Only two deaths occurred among children between the ages of one year
and five vears.