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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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POPULATION.
The following table shows the population figures, as given
by the Registrar General for the last 10 years:-
1937 44,830
1938 46,600
1939 49,607
1940 50,440
1941 48,470-
1942 50,350
1943 51,150
1944 49,330
1945 50,660
1946 56,420
I would like to remind you that there is still overcrowding in
the district, and the erection of ninety prefabricated bungalows
in the area does not seem to me to be adequate, especially if you
refer to the figures above dealing with population. You will note
that the population for 1945 was 50,360; now. it is 56,420 which means
that in the space of twelve months the population has risen by
over 5.000 persons. Referring to my «.nnual Report of 1945 it wa3
stated that overcrowding existed then which suggests that the extra
5,000 have been accommodated, in many cases, in already overcrowded
houses.
CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1946.
| Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 273 | 299 | |
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | - |
| 2 . | Cerebrospinal fever | - | - |
| 3. | Scarlet fever | - | - |
| 4. | Whooping cough | - | - |
| 5. | Diphtheria | 1 | - |
| 6. | Pulmonary tuberculosis | 9 | 8 |
| 7. | Other forms of tuberculosis | - | - |
| 8. | Syphilitic diseases | - | 4 |
| 9. | Influenza | 4 | 5 |
| 10. | Measles | 1 | - |
| 11. | Acute poliomyelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - |
| 12. | Acute inf. encephalitis | - | - |
| 13. | Cancer of buc. cav. and oesoph (M) | 4 | - |
| uterus (F) | - | 5 | |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 5 | 7 |
| 15. | Cancer of breast | - | 14 |
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites | 42 | 39 |
| 17. | Diabetes | - | 1 |
| 18. | Intracranial vascular lesions | 21 | 43 |
| 19. | Heart disease | 83 | 87 |
| 20. | Other diseases of the circulatory system | 13 | 12 |
| 21. | Bronchitis | 15 | 8 |
| 22. | Pneumonia | 4 | 10 |
| 23. | Other respiratory diseases | 3 | 4 |
| 24. | Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Diarrhoea under 2 years | 1 | - |
| 26. | Appendicitis | - | 1 |
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | 4 | 7 |
| 28. | Nephritis | 8 | 9 |
| 29. | Puerperal and post abort, sepsis | - | 1 |
| 30. | Other maternal causes | - | 1 |
| 31. | Premature births | 5 | 3 |
| 32. | Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infantile diseases | 9 | 4 |
| 33. | Suicide | 5 | 3 |
| 34. | Other violent causes | 4 | 5 |
| 35. | Road traffic accidents | 3 | 1 |
| 36. | All other causes | 23 | 16 |
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