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Annual Report of
The Medical Officer of Health
for 1937.
Public Health Department.
2, Shalston Villas,
Surbiton.
June, 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Surbiton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in submitting my Sixteenth
Annual Report dealing with all matters appertaining
to the health of the people residing in the Borough
of Surbiton.
The reason for the delay in publishing the
Report is that the official figures sent by the Registrar
General did not reach me intil nearly the end
of May, and, until these figures are received,
accurate statistical details cannot be given.
As in previous years, the increase in the population
still continues, and many new houses are
being erected within the Borough. According to
the Registrar General's returns, the population of
Surbiton for mid-year 1937 is 44,830—an increase