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ANNUAL REPORT OP THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR 1952.
Public Health Department,
2, Shalston Villas,
Surbiton.
July 1953
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Surbiton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The thirty first Annual Report dealing with health matters of
Surbiton is being presented.
The usual procedure laid down by the Ministry is adopted and
vital statistics are based on the figures given by the Registrar
General.
The population of Surbiton has risen to 61,590.
During the winter of 1952 Surbiton, in common with other
localities round London, was blanketed by a very dense yellow fog
causing an increase in deaths of respiratory and cardiac cases vide
page four.
The infantile mortality rate was reduced from 20.21 to 18.42,
and when compared with that for England and Wales is very satisfactory
The births amounted to eight hundred and fourteen and the number of
deaths occurring was six hundred and five giving a natural increase of
two hundred and nine.
During the year in question twenty four pads for the analysis and
examination of the Hogsmill Stream were taken and unfortunately eight
showed the presence of 'Salmonella Paratyphoid which caused considerable
concern. Notice boards were erected stating "Unfit for bathing and
paddling". The effluent (one) showed presence of Salmonella Paratypho???
and it is high time that the Sewage Disposal Works of the districts in
the Hogsmill catchment area were improved as, in ray opinion, the street
is potentially dangerous, although no outbreaks of Paratyphoid or
Enteric Fever have been recorded, at any rote, in Surbiton.
STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 4,709
Population (June 1952) Registrar General's Estimate 61,590
Resident Population (Census 1951) 60,675
Estimated number of separate habitable dwellings
(houses and flats) in the Borough at the end of
the year 17,617
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) By local authority 124 houses.
102 flats.
(b) By other local authorities 40 houses.
(c) By private enterprise 65 houses.
(d) Rebuilt following destruction by
enemy action 2 flats (over shops)
1 house.
(e) Self-contained flats provided by
conversion (private enterprise) 11
(f) Units of accommodation provided by
adaptation (by local authority) 2 flats.
Rateable value at 1st April, 1952 £681,294
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,810
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