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the zymotic death-rate was 8.4, chiefly due to
Diphtheria.
For the whole of the proposed extension the
death rate for the estimated population for 1893
would be 16.7; the zymotic rate, 1.89; and the
phthisis rate, 1.24.
The birth rate for New Maiden was 30.1; for
Kingston, 29.1; for Ham, 227; Kingston Hill,
&c., 22.4; Surbiton, 18.1; and Ham rural, 14.6.
Deaths of infants per 1,000 births range from
Kingston, 138; Ham, 125; New Maiden, 108; to
Surbiton, 81.
I will now turn to other matters in connection
with health likely to be affected by the extension of
the Borough. First and foremost comes the question
of drainage, and those who heard the evidence of
the scientific experts put forward on either side
could only come to the conclusion that, as far as
drainage was concerned, there was nothing to be
said against extension, and everything in its favour.
The multiplication of sewage filtration works in a
district which, like that of the proposed extended
Borough, is rapidly becoming covered with houses,
and likely to develop even more rapidly when the
drainage scheme is completed, was condemned by
all. The only suggestion put forward was that the
works used for treating the sewage of Kingston and
Surbiton were improperly conducted. No evidence
was adduced to support this contention; and as no
ill effects are discoverable in the town, I conclude
that the bad management is more theoretical than
real.
The districts of Ham, Kingston Hill, and
Coombe are without drainage, but New Maiden
has a sewage disposal works. These works
are near the boundary of the borough, and can
be smelt, and differentiated from the brick