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City of London 1920
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1920
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(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health.)
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1920 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths.‡ | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. 3 | Nett. | Number. ♦ 6 | Rate. 7 | of Nonresidents registered in the District. † 8 | of Residents not registered in the District. † 9 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. † 4 | Rate. 5 | Number. * 10 | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. 11 | Number. 12 | Rate. 13 | |||||||
| 1915 | 16,334 | 414 | 149 | 9.2 | 805 | 49.29 | 674 | 153 | 18 | 121 | 284 | 17.4 |
| 1916 | 15,531 | 414 | 125 | 8.1 | 760 | 48.93 | 659 | 132 | 16 | 128 | 233 | 15.0 |
| 1917 | 14,720 | 253 | 115 | 7.9 | 705 | 47.88 | 602 | 126 | 8 | 69 | 229 | 15.6 |
| 1918 | 13,900 | 314 | 101 | 7.3 | 637 | 45.82 | 517 | 171 | 15 | 148 | 291 | 20.9 |
| 1919 | 13,893 | 453 | 139 | 9.6 | 780 | 56.14 | 681 | 101 | 16 | 108 | 200 | 14.4 |
| 1920 | 12,200 | 470 | 182 | 14.9 | 842 | 69.01 | 728 | 77 | 12 | 66 | 191 | 15.6 |
Notes.—This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the district, and the births and deaths properly
belonging to it with the corresponding rates. For years before 1911 some of the corrected rates probably will not he
available. The rates should be calculated per 1,000 of the estimated gross population. In a district in which large Public
Institutions for the sick or infirm seriously affect the statistics, the rates in Columns 5 and 13 may be calculated on a nett
population, obtained by deducting from the estimated gross population the average number of inmates not belonging to the
district in such institutions.
* In Column 6 are to be included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as having actually occurred
within the district.
In Column 12 is to be entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of the number in Column 8 and by
addition of the number in Column 9. Deaths in Column 10 are to be similarly corrected.bv subtraction of the deaths under
1, included in the number given in Column 8, and by addition of the deaths under 1 included in the number given in
Column 9.
† The Medical Officer of Health will be able from the returns made to him by the local Registrar of
Deaths, as well as from the quarterly lists furnished by the Registrar-Genera), to fill in Column 8 in
accordance with the rule in the next paragraph below. The Registrar-General, either directly or through
the County Medical Officer of Health, will supply the Medical Officer of Health with the particulars of
deaths to be entered in Column 9 ; and all such deaths must be included in this Column, unless an error
is detected, and its correction has been accepted by the Registrar-General. Tor Column 4 the
Registrar-General will furnish to the Medical Officer of Health a Statement of the number of births needing
to be added to or subtracted from the total supplied by the local Registrar.
‡ ''Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in England or
Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided. The deaths of persons without fixed or usual
residence, e.g.. casuals, must not be included in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain instances under 3 (J) below. The Medical
Officer of Health will state in Column 8 the number of transferable deaths of " non-residents" which are to be deducted,
and will state in Column 9 the number of deaths of "residents" registered outside the district which are to be added in
calculating the nett death-rate of his district.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths:—
(1) Persons dying in Institutions for the sick or infirm, such as hospitals, lunatic asylums, workhouses, and nursing homes
(but not almshouses) must be regarded as residents of the district in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time
of admission. If the person dying in an Institution had no fixed residence at the time of admission, the death is not
transferable. If the patient has been directly transferred from one such Institution to another, the death is transferable to
the district of residence at the time of admission to the first Institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an Institution to which the mother was admitted for
her confihement should be referred to the district of fixed or usual residence of the parent.
(3) Deaths from Violence are to be referred (a) to the district of residence, under the general rule; (b) if this district
is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode, to the district where the accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to
the district where death occurred, if known ; and (d) failing this, to the district where the body was found.
Area of City of London Registration
District in acres (land and inland
water) 672.7
Total population at all ages 19,657
Number of inhabited houses 2,784
Average number of persons per house 7
At Census of
1911
(cf. Census,
V. Vol.).