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Egham Urban District Council.
Public Health Staff:
Medical Officer of Health—G. T. Cattell, M.D., D.P.H., Cantab.
Sanitary Inspector,&c—A. P. Sturt, A.R.S.I.,
Both whole time.
Inspector of Cowsheds & Dairies—A. E. Willett, part time.
Inspection of Food, Health Visitors & Special Nurses are administered
by the Surrey County Council.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area of Distric 7,786
Land, 7,621 Acres. Inland Water, 165 Acres.
Population (1921) 13,735
Nett Population after deducting Inmates of Institutions, 12,865.
Estimated Number of Inhabited Houses (1921) 3,025
Giving- a Density of Occupation of 4.25 per House and about 5 per acre.
Rateable Value £79,979 (Assessable).
Sum represented by a penny rate, £277.
GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER—East of the London and South
Western Railway, the district is on the river drift gravels. To the
West of this line it is mainly on the Bagshot formation, except between
Englefield Green and Virginia Water where the London clay prevails.
POPULATION—In the last ten-year Census period—1911-21, there
was an average increase of 118-4 persons per annum.
During the year 1923 the total number of deaths registered in the
district of Egham was 133, of these 14 were persons temporarily residing
in the district, but actually residents of other places. This number of
deaths has to be deducted, and the deaths of 37 persons belonging to
Egham who died while staying away from home added, thus making
the nett deaths for the year 1923, 156.
The district is essentially residential in character, and with the
exception of one engineering firm no large industries are carried on.
During the year 220 births were registered, making the number of
births over deaths 64.
The estimated nett population for the year is 13,620.