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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1946.
Public Health Department,
2, Shalston Villas,
Surbiton.
August, 1947.
To the Mayor, aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Surbiton.
Ladie3 and Gentlemen,
I am presenting my 25th annual Report to which is attached
the Sanitary inspector's Report.
I would draw your attention to the very low figure of the
infant mortality rate and the increase in population as registered
by the Registrar General.
Ninety prefabricated bungalows were erected during the year
but no permanent Council houses were built. It might be as well
for the Council to consider the provision of accommodation for the
elderly people in the form of a block of houses, hostels, etc.,
each house having two to three rooms, and the provision of suitable
parsons, such as women with nursing experience or nurses to look
after the old tenants, the nurse being responsible for a certain
number of house's .
I wish to thank all the members of my staff for their assistance
during the past year.
STATISTICS .
Area (in acres) 4,709
Population (1946) Registrar General's Estimate 56,420
Resident Population (Census 1931) 29,396
Number of families or separate occupiers (Census 1931) 8,116
Rateable value at l3t October, 1946 £589,812
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,340