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Surbiton 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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seventeen giving an Infant Mortality Rate of 17.40 compared with a
rate of 16.23 for 1961. The causes of death of these infants will
be seen on page ten.
Causes of death: The main causes of death during 1962 wereiHeart
and circulatory disease 253
Cancer 123
Vascular lesions of Nervous System 72
In view of the importance of the relationship between smoking and lung cancer the relevant figures for Surbiton residents are given below.
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Deaths from cancer of the lung and bronchus. | 19 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| Total | 23 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 29 | 30 | ||||||
This subject has been featured in educational efforts by the
department during the year.
Your Council with the backing of the Ministries of Health and
Education and in co-operation with the Surrey County Council
organised and produced campaigns in the town and schools with the
object of enlightening young persons of the health hazards of
excessive smoking and nicotine addiction.
Housing: There is no slackening off in the demand for houses, and
if one were to single out a particular group of the population
requiring priority for new housing it would be for the newlyweds
to have houses to rent.
There is still also a continuing need for special provision
for elderly persons and a need for better and more effective use
of land in development.
As I have previously reported, some of the larger houses in
the Borough continue to be demolished making way for blocks of
flats and maisonettes, but the space between such blocks should
be preserved by erecting higher and fewer buildings.
Vital Statistics; The vital statistics are favourable,
maintaining the satisfactory trend of recent years, and upholding
the fact that Surbiton is a good place in which to live and work.
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