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Surbiton 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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The Death Rate for England and Wales is
12.3 and that for Surbiton 12.3.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for England
and Wales is 45 per 1000 births and for this
district it is 50.3 per 1000 births.
I am,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
N. H. LINZEE,
Medical Officer of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 3,046
Population (Census 1921) 19,574
Population (estimated 1!)27) 21,440
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 4,372
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) 4,767
Rateable Value £223,740
Sum represented by a penny rate £300
The district is entirely a residential one,
the majority of the inhabitants are engaged in
London.
The figure returned by the Registrar General
for the population of this district is 21,440 on
which the statistics are based, is in my opinion
greatly under estimated.