[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking R.D.C., Epsom R.D.C., Carshalton U.D.C., Dorking U.D.C., Epsom U.D.C., Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Dorking (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking R.D.C., Epsom R.D.C., Carshalton U.D.C., Dorking U.D.C., Epsom U.D.C., Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE COMBINED DISTRICT For the Year 1907. POPULATION AND AREA. The total population of the Combined District in the middle of the year under review may be estimated at 76,000 persons, and the nett population, exclusive of the inmates of the London County Asylums in the Epsom Urban and Rural Districts, of the Kensington and Chelsea Workhouse Schools, and of smaller foreign Public Institutions, may be estimated at 68,000 persons. The figures in the Report are based upon the latter number. The area and gross populations of the constituent Districts are given below. DISTRICT. Area in Acres. Population Census 1891. Population Census 1901. Populatic Estimated Dorking Rural 39,525 10,097 9,779 10,100 Epsom Rural 31,188 18,000 22,443 26,700 Carshalton Urban 2,926 5,425 6,746 8,000 Dorking Urban 1,339 7,132 7,670 8,100 Epsom Urban 4,424 8,417 10,915 18,000 Leatherhead Urban 3,508 4,305 4,694 5,400 Whole District 82,910 53,376 62,247 76,300 BIETHS AND DEATHS. The Births registered in the Combined District during the year were 1,593 in number, representing a Birth Rate of 234 per 1,000 of the population, as against a rate of 23*8 for the previous year, and an average rate of 23*2 for the preceding 10 years. The number consisted of 831 boys and 762 girls. The Deaths registered in the District during the year were 1,412 in number, viz., 616 in private houses and 796 in Public Institutions; of the latter number, 648 occurred among persons belonging to outside districts, and have to be deducted in calculating the death rate. Twenty-two deaths of persons belonging to the District occurred in the Brookwood Asylum and other outside Institutions, and have to be added, giving 786 nett deaths, which represent a Death Rate of 11 *5 per 1,000 of the population for the year, as against a rate of 12 0 for the previous year, and a mean rate of 124 for the preceding 10 years. The deaths of Infants under one year of age were 123 in number, representing a rate of 77 per 1,000 births registered, as against a rate of 90 for the previous year, and a mean rate of 101 for infants there were 13 deaths to 57 births. the preceding 10 years. Among illegitimate births, giving a mortality rate of 228 per 1,000