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Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Orders and the regulations
made thereunder.
Sale of Horseflesh, &c., Regulations, 1889.
Factory and Workshops Acts, 1891 to 1907.
Food and Drugs Acts, with all the various bye-laws made
under the above Acts.
The Department also supervises the carrying out of all drainage
work other than new building, the supervision of the Food
Supply, and the collection and disposal of house and trade refuse,
with a general supervision of everything pertaining to the health
of the district.
VITAL STATISTICS, 1908.
Birth Rate per 1000 living:—23 per 1000.
England and Wales 26 per 1000.
Death Rate per 1000 living:—7'8 per 1000.
England and Wales 15.4 per 1000.
Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births :—70.6.
Isolation Hospital, Tolworth—Fever and Diphtheria.
Small Pox County Combined Hospital, Clandon.
Water Supply from Thames—Metropolitan Water Board.
BIRTHS.
During the year there were 255 births, of which 130 were
boys and 125 girls. The birth rate equalled 23 per 1,000 inhabitants,
as compared with 26 for England and Wales. Of the total
births, 3 or 1.2 per cent. were illegitimate. The births were distributed
as follows:—
Coombe 16
Old Maiden 11
New Maiden 228
Total 255
DEATHS.
During the year 88 deaths were registered; two of these were
non-residents, and are not calculated in the death rate. The
deaths in each ward were as follows:—
Coombe 7
Old Maiden 5
New Maiden 74
Total 86