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Surbiton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 4,709
population (June 1955) Registrar General's Estimate 62,570
Resident Population (Census 1951) 60,675
Estimated number of separate habitable dwellings
(houses and flats) in the Borough at the end of
the year 18,203
Number of new houses erected during the year:-
(a) By local authority 20
(b) By other local authorities (flats) 45
(c) By private enterprise 99
(d) Rebuilt following destruction by enemy
action Nil
(e) Self-contained flats/provided by
conversion (private enterprise) 23
Rateable value at 31st December, 1955 £714,121
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,925
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