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Surbiton 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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and none from whooping cough, scarlet fever,
smallpox, typhus or typhoid. The zymotic deathrate
is therefore 0.84.
Infant
Mortality.
The infantile mortality—i.e. the ratio of deaths
of children under one year of age to 1,000 births
is 118, which is slightly in excess of the two
previous years when it fell below 100. One-fifth
of the total number of these deaths is owing
to premature birth, and that very materially
affects the death-rate.
Births.
The births were 288 as compared with 324,
295 and 296 in the three preceding years, and
were of 161 boys and 127 girls. This shows a
considerable falling off.

The births in the various districts are shown in the table below:—

Males.Females.Total.
Surbiton9365158
Tolworth5549104
Hook and Southborough131326
161127288

The Vital Statistics for the year have been
published by the Registrar General, and I have
placed them in tabular form for comparison.
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