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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
Kingston upon Thames 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The Cattle Market, which was formerly held in the
Market Place, was moved to a specially prepared site on the
Fairfield in April, 1925, where it is held on Mondays. This
move constitutes an achievement in the interests of
public health among many other advantages.
In addition to being a market town, Kingston-uponThames
is a very large shopping centre, and thus affords
employment to many of its inhabitants.
The Borough is also a dormitory of the Metropolis,
many persons travelling daily to London to follow their
occupations in offices and business houses.
The greater part of the remaining working population
is engaged in the engineering and building trades, and as
transport workers.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
| Area | 1,133 acres. |
| Population, 1925 (Registrar-General): | |
| For birth-rate | 40,220 |
| For death-rate | 40,040 |
| Census (1921) | 39,479 |
| Number of inhabited houses (1921) | 7,859 |
| Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) | 9,210 |
| Number of families per dwelling (1921) | 1.18 |
| Number of rooms per person (1921) | 1.15 |
| Rateable Value— | |
| To Poor Rate | £271,645 |
| Assessable Value to District Rate | £267,233 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate— | |
| Poor Rate | £1,083 |
| District Rate | £1,073 |
| Amount of Poor Law Relief (1925) | £3,024 |
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 562 | 297 | 265 | Birth Rate (R.G.) 14.9 per 1,000 population. |
| Illegitimate | 37 | 25 | 12 | |
| 509 | 322 | 277 | ||
| 454 | 234 | 220 | Death Rate (R G.) 11.1 per 1,000 population. |