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Southborough
The population here was 729 in 1891, and for these
purposes I have estimated an increase that raises it to 750.
There were only 3 deaths returned as having been registered
during the year, and if this is the case the death rate
would be 4 per thousand. The births beiug 14, 9 boys and
5 girls, would be at the rate of 18.6 per thousand.
Hook.
The census return of population is 418, and no death
is returned by the Registrar for the last half-year, but
there is one to be apportioned to it in the case of an
inmate of Brookwood County Lunatic Asylum, aged 71
years. This makes the death rate at 4.7 per thousand per
annum. The births for the half-year are 2 boys and 3 girls,
a total of 5, with a birth rate of 23.9.
Sanitary Inspector's
Report.
In relinquishing office, Mr. Mather in his report dwells
with pardonable pride on the great and continued improvement
in the District in sanitary matters effected during his
term of office. I can quite endorse all that he says and
could add very materially to it, and now that the increase
of the District makes it physically impossible for one man
to properly and personally carry out the duties heretofore
so ably done, he hands over the office of inspector to his
successor with—as far as Surbiton is concerned—the back
of the work broken. During his time all wells and cesspools
as far as known have been abolished, new and well
constructed sewers have been laid down, and a very considerable
portion indeed of the district has been re-sewered
according to up-to-date experience in lieu of the old brick
sewers of a bye-gone generation. I wish to add my most
ungrudging testimony to the zeal and ability which he has
ever shown in the carrying out of the duties pertaining to
his office as far as they have come under my observation,