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Surbiton 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Medical Officer's Annual Report.
Public Health Department,
Council Offices,
Ewell Road,
Surbiton.
June, 1927.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban
District Council of Surbiton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present to you my Fifth Annual
Report on the Health and Sanitary circumstances
of the Urban District of Surbiton, and it is in the
nature of an Ordinary Report as requested by the
Ministry of Health in their Circular 743.
The health of the district continues to be very
satisfactory. During the past year no severe outbreaks
of any infectious disease occurred. The
Birth Rate is a little higher than the previous year.
The Death Rate and Infant Mortality Rate is a
little up, but the latter is good compared with that
(64) of England and Wales.
I have to thank Mr. Nesfield, your Sanitary