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London County Council 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Adminisrative County of london.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
1899.
PART I.
Population.
The population of the Administrative County of London, estimated to the middle of 1899,
was 4.568.689.
The estimated population of each of the forty-three sanitary districts comprised in the administrative county is shown in the following table—
| Sanitary district. | Estimated population, 1899. | Sanitary district. | Estimated population, 1899. | Sanitary district. | Estimated population 1899. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 128,794 | St. Giles | 37,196 | St. George, Southwark | 60,536 |
| Kensington | 172,899 | St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 12,142 | Newington | 124,166 |
| Hammersmith | 108,785 | Strand | 23,016 | St. Olave, Southwark | 11,098 |
| Fulham | 130,720 | Holborn | 29,621 | Bermondsey | 85,835 |
| Chelsea | 96,721 | Clerkenwell | 66,068 | Rotherhithe | 41,050 |
| St. George, Hanoversquare | 80,876 | St. Luke | 40,868 | Lambeth | 308,108 |
| City of London | 27,986 | Battersea | 174,996 | ||
| Westminster | 52,117 | Shoreditch | 121,071 | Wandsworth ... | 209,655 |
| St. James, Westminster | 21,827 | Bethnal-green | 128,938 | Camberwell | 264,817 |
| Marylebone | 140,139 | Whitechapel | 81,391 | Greenwich | 182,513 |
| Hampstead | 80,252 | St. George-in-the-East | 48,560 | Lee | 40,219 |
| St. Pancras | 244,548 | Limehouse | 58,807 | Lewisham | 112,964 |
| Islington | 34S,085 | Mile-end Old-town | 113,161 | Woolwich | 41,542 |
| Stoke Newington | 35,187 | Poplar | 170,606 | Plumstead | 64,031 |
| Hackney | 222,571 | St. Saviour, Southwark | 24,207 |
The population of London was enumerated on the 29th March, 1896, in accordance with
the provisions of the Equalisation of Rates Act, 1894. A statement of the increase or decrease of
population of each sanitary district between the two census years 1891 and 1896 will be found in
my annual report for the year 1895.
Marriages.
The number of marriages in the Registration County of London in 1899 (52 weeks) was
41,853, giving an annual rate of persons married of 18.4 per 1,000 living.
The marriage rate in successive periods has been as follows—
1851-60 20.6
1861-70 20.3
1871-80 19.0
1881-90 17.5
1891 17.7
1892 17.4
1893 17.2
1894 17.0
1895 17.2
1896 18.0
1897 18.5
1898 18.7
1899 18.4
The accompanying diagram (I.) shows the marriage rate in each year since 1850 in relation to
the mean marriage rate of the period 1851-99. In previous years I have shewn the number of
marriages of persons of each sex under 21 years of age per cent. of total marriages. It has been
impossible to obtain the figures for the year 1899 in time for this report.
Births.
The number of births registered in the Administrative County of London in 1899 (52
weeks) was 133,585, giving a birth rate of 29'3 per 1,000 living per annum; this is the lowest
birth rate on record in London.