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Surbiton 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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The vital statistics of the different portions of the Urban District for the last two years are shown in the following table :—
| 1902. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District. | Population. | Births. | Birthrate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. |
| Surbiton | 11214 | 158 | 14.08 | 128 | 11.4 |
| Tolworth | 2643 | 104 | 39.3 | 35 | 13.2 |
| Hook and Southborough | 1529 | 26 | 17.0 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Total | 15386 | 288 | 18.7 | 169 | 10.9 |
| 1903. | |||||
| Surbiton | 11339 | 182 | 16.05 | 123 | 10.8 |
| Tolworth | 2798 | 126 | 45.03 | 30 | 10.7 |
| Hook and Southborough | 1566 | 43 | 27.4 | 10 | 6.3 |
| Total | 15703 | 351 | 22.3 | 163 | 10.3 |
These figures are eminently satisfactory
especially as regards Tolworth, where the birthrate
is exceedingly high and the deaths very few.
There is no doubt that as a place of residence for
the working classes it is a very favoured neigbourhood,
with its broad, clean and well-kept roads,
good class of houses on the whole and exposed to
plenty of fresh air from the Downs and open
country. Building is proceeding rapidly and I
consider it will be good policy not to delay for too
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