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Public Health Department,
Parkshot,
Richmond, Surrey.
June, 1934.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Richmond (Surrey).
Ladies and Getlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the health
and sanitary condition of the Borough during the year ended
December 31st, 1933.
The Report is drawn up according to the directions contained
in Circular 1346 issued by the Ministry of Health in October, 1933
and is what is known as an Ordinary Report.
On April 1st of the year under review a considerable part of
the Urban District of Ham was transferred to Richmond. This
extended the Borough by 1,644 acres.
During the year considerable progress was made in the Slum
Clearance Programme under the Housing Act of 1930. A local
Enquiry by the Ministry of Health was held on the appeal of the
owners of 41 houses which had been represented as unhealthy and
unfit for human habitation. This will be dealt with at length in
the Section headed "Housing."
The Birth rate throughout England and Wales for 1933 is
14.4, while the rate in Richmond is only 10.9 per 1,000 of the
population.
The Death rate for the Borough is 11.0 per 1,000 of the
population, while this year's rate for England and Wales is 12.3,