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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA
| Year | House | Populstion | Averge no per house. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area (in acres) 4,709. | |||
| Estimate of Resident Population mid-year 1954 63,320 | |||
| Year | Houses | Population | Average No. per house. |
| 1894 | - | - | - |
| 1904 | 2,874 | 16,460 | 5.72 |
| 1914 | - | - | - |
| 1924 | 4,372 | 19,660 | 4.49 |
| 1934 | 11,068 | 29,396 | 2.65 |
| 1944 | - | 49,330 | - |
| 1954 | 18,057 | 63,320 | 3.5 |
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1954) according to
rate books 18,057
Rateable value £701,488
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,882
Number of new houses erected during the year 1954:-
(a) By local authority Nil
(b) By other local authorities 48
(c) By private enterprise 04
(d) Rebuilt following destruction by enemy action Nil
(e) Number of self-contained flats provided by
conversion (private enterprise) 22
Social Conditions
Surbiton is, for the main part, non-industrial. There are,
however, small factories in Surbiton proper and larger ones in the
By Pass area.
The town is well served with both open spaces and recreation
grounds and a great improvement has taken place along the course of
the Hogsmaill Stream.
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