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The vital statistics are to be found mainly in
the four tables at the end of this Report, which
are drawn up in accordance with the regulations
of the Local Government Board and for purposes
of comparison show the figures of former years.
From an inspection of these it will be seen that in
the matter of births, deaths, sickness and sanitary
work the reputation of Surbiton as a healthy and
desirable residential locality is well maintained.
The population at the census of 1901 was
15017 and includes Surbiton, Tolworth, Hook
and Southborough. This is now officially estimated
to the middle ot 1903 to be 15703, an
increase of 686 If, however, the number of new
houses erected since the census was made is taken
at 254 and an average of 5 persons allowed for
each, together with the increase of births over
deaths which is 307, the addition to be made would
then be 1577 which added to the census return
would make the population to be 16594. However,
there are fallacies about this, and so for the
purposes of this report I shall take the lower figure,
though it is certain that it is considerably below
the actual present population. On this basis the
death-rate is 10*3 per thousand of the population
living, as against 10*9 the year before.
The " corrections " necessary and required by
the Local Government Board bring into the total
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