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Sutton 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Population.—No census having been taken since
1901, the nett population to the middle of 1910 has
been estimated upon the number of inhabited houses,
3,944. Allowing 5.1 persons per house, the nett
population is 20,114, an increase of 484 since the
middle of 1909.
At the same period there were 330 children and
77 staff in the Metropolitan Asylums Board Ring-worm
School, and 971 inmates and 39 officers in the Fulham
Union Workhouse at Belmont.
These 1,417, added to the nett population, gives a gross population of 21,531, an increase of 356 above the figure for the previous year.
| Year. | Gross population. | Nett population. | No. of inhabited houses. | No. per house on nett population. | Increase of nett population. | Increase of inhabited houses. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 (census) | 8662 | 1514 | 5.5 | |||
| 1891 (census) | 13977 | 11987 | 2202 | 5.4 | 3325 | 688 |
| 1901 (census) | 17224 | 15486 | 2976 | 5.2 | 3499 | 774 |
| 1910 | 21531 | 20114 | 3944 | 5.1 | 4628 | 968 |
Births.—There were 417 births registered, giving
a rate of 20.7. In one year only—1909—has so low a
rate been recorded.
Deaths.—The number of deaths registered,
excluding 31 belonging to other districts, was 161, and
to these must be added 27 belonging to this district
registered in Public Institutions beyond the district,
viz.—20 in Epsom Union Workhouse, 4 in the County
Lunatic Asylum, 2 in the Cuddington Isolation
Hospital, and 1 in the Carshalton Cottage Hospital.
These 188 deaths produced a rate of 9.3 per 1,000
persons living, and only 0.4 above the lowest rate (1905)
recorded for the district.
Well over one-third of the deaths occurred in
persons over the age of 65 years.
Inquests were held on 16 deaths, 6 of these being
deaths in public institutions in the district.