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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
Richmond upon Thames 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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of a Clinic, and the Borough Council have ear-marked a site at Ham
Close. Housing development will soon commence in this area and it
is hoped that the necessary approval for the erection of a Clinic will
not be too long delayed.
HOUSING.
With the development of the Peldon Avenue and Ham Close sites
there is every reason to hope that the programme for Slum Clearance
will be started in the not too distant future.
In addition to ridding the borough of worn out, unhealthy dwellings,
this should also provide a site for useful re-development.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
The report of the Chief Public Health Inspector is included in
Section C, D, and E and reference to these indicates the large volume
and varied nature of the work carried out by the Staff of the Health
Department. Unfortunately, there was a vacancy for a District
Inspector in August and it had not been possible to fill this by the end
of the year. This meant that some of the routine duties had to be
curtailed so that the more urgent work could always be covered.
| Area in acres | 4,234 | ||
| Population (Census 1951) | 41,944 | ||
| Population (Estimated 1956) | 42,420 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses (estimated) | 11,833 | ||
| Rateable value | £992,894 | ||
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate | £3,967 | ||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population | 13.1 | ||
| (Corrected) | 12.0 | ||
| Total number of births (live and still) | 556 | ||
| Analysis:— | M | F | Total |
| Live Births Legitimate | 268 | 236 | 504 |
| Illegitimate | 17 | 23 | 40 |
| Still Births Legitimate | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Illegitimate | — | 1 | 1 |
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total births | 21.6 | ||