[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council.

  • Surrey (England). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Surrey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Natural conditions of the county. The boundary of the administrative county of Surrey is roughly quadrilateral. The north side is about twenty miles, the south thirty-six, the east and west are each about twenty- four miles. The River Thames forms the greater part of the northern boundary. In the four corners are situated the towns of Mitcham, Lingfield, Haslemere and Egham. Croydon in the north-east is the only county borough. The municipal boroughs are Godaiming, Guildford, King¬ ston-on-Thames, Reigate, Richmond aad Wimbledon. The area of the county is 452,821 acres, or 707*5 square miles. A penny rate for general county purposes is estimated to yield <£26,245. Only four counties have a higher assessable value, only one has a lower county rate. The net expenditure on public health services for the year ended 31st March, 1924, was £22,234. The gross expenditure was £53,974. The county is bisected by a range of chalk hills extending from Tatsfield in the east towards Farnham in the west. This range is broken in two localities, between Dorking and Leatherhead there is a valley in which runs the River Mole, and at Guildford a belt of low land along which passes the Wey. In the south-west extremity of Surrey there are the %j ridges of Hindhead. Rivers. The more important rivers within the county are: — 1. The Mole is formed by several streams coming from the northern slopes of the forests lying between East Grinstead and Horsham. It traverses Surrey from south to north and enters the Thames near Hampton Court. 2. The Wey arises by two heads, one south-west of Farn¬ ham, the other south-east of Cranleigh, flowing from south to north it passes into the Thames near Weybridge.