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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in acres)4,711
Resident Population (Census 1931)29,396
Registrar General's estimate mid-year 193438,050
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to the rate books11,068
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931) census8,116
Rateable Value£430,427
Sum represented by a penny rate£1.630

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.(Based on population of 38,050).

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

(Based on population of 38,050).

Live Births:—Total.M.F.
Legitimate592319273
Illegitimate20911
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population16.08
Still Births:—
Legitimate21147
Illegitimate———
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) births33.17
Deaths355189166
Crude death rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population9.33
Adjusted death rate (comparability Factor 0.98)9.14
Percentage of total deaths occuring in Public Institutions41.69

Table: Deaths from puerperal causes:—

Deaths from puerperal causes:—

Deaths.Rate per 1000 total Births (live & still)
No. 29 Puerperal Sepsisl1.58
No. 30 Other puerperal causes34.74
Total46.32