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Surbiton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 4,709
population (June 1953) Registrar General's estimate 62,230
Resident Population (Census 1951) 60,657
Estimated number of separate habitable dwellings
(houses and flats) in the Borough at the end
of the year 17,874
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) By local authority 160
(b) By other local authorities 10
(c) By private enterprise 70
(d) Rebuilt following destruction by
enemy action 1
(e) Self-contained flats provided by
conversion (private enterprise)16
(f) Units of accommodation provided by
adaptation (by local authority) Nil
Rateable value at 1st April, 1953 £693,505
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,827
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