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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
Surbiton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Table 1. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 14164 | 311 | 21.95 | 40 | 128.6 | 179 | 12.56 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 174 | 12.2 |
| 1899 | 14458 | 296 | 20.47 | 23 | 77.7 | 164 | 11.34 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 163 | 11.2 |
| 1900 | 14732 | 295 | 20.02 | 29 | 98.3 | 168 | 11.4 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 176 | 11.9 |
| 1901 | 15017 | 324 | 21.57 | 24 | 74.07 | 152 | 10.12 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 158 | 10.52 |
| 1902 | 15386 | 288 | 18.7 | 34 | 118.0 | 157 | 10.2 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 169 | 10.9 |
| 1903 | 15703 | 351 | 22.3 | 36 | 102.5 | 149 | 9.4 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 163 | 10.3 |
| 1904 | 16460 | 347 | 21.0 | 41 | 118.1 | 178 | 10.8 | 20 | 24 | 195 | 11.8 | |
| 1905 | 16916 | 321 | 18.9 | 18 | 56.07 | 134 | 7.9 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 142 | 8.4 |
| 1906 | 17367 | 356 | 20.4 | 36 | 101.0 | 135 | 7.7 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 153 | 8.8 |
| 1907 | 17639 | 341 | 19.3 | 22 | 64.5 | 142 | 8.05 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 143 | 8.1 |
| Averages for years 1898-1908. | 15784 | 323 | 20.5 | 30.3 | 93.8 | 155.8 | 9.9 | 15 | 7.4 | 15.2 | 163.6 | 10.4 |
| 1908. | 18747 | 385 | 20.5 | 27 | 70.1 | 177 | 9.4 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 189 | 10.08 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
The "Public Institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are
habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the
Institutions in respect of the deaths in which corrections have been made should be given on the back of this Table.
Total population at all ages, 15017.
Number of inhabited houses, 2874.
At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house, 5 225.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 3026.