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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Surbiton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 4,709
Resident Population (Census 1931) 29,396
Estimated Population 31st December, 1939 49,607
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1939)
according to the rate books 15,849
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1931 census) 8,116
Rateable Value £554,331
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,160
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
(Based on population of 49,607).
| Live Births :— | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 651 | 334 | 317 |
| Illegitimate | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 1260 | ||
| Deaths:— | 541 | 281 | 260 |
Crude death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 10 22
Percentage of total deaths occurring in Public
Institutions and Nursing Homes 4861
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 5098
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 52 22
INFANT MORTALITY.
The causes and ages at death of the children
who died under the age of 1 year were as follows:—
Exhaustion, bronchitis, Broncho-pneumonia 10 months
Congenital heart disease 3 days
Broncho-pneumonia 5 months
Medullary Paralysis, Acute Hydrocephalus 5 months