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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
1905 .
PART I.
The temperature of the air was, on the whole, slightly above the average during 1905, but excess
of temperature was limited to February, March, April, May, June, July, and December. The rainfall
was, on the whole, below the average, but there was excess of rainfall in March, April, June, August,
September, and November. The marriage rate (16.9) was the same as obtained in the years 1887 and
1888, being the lowest rate on record in London. The birth-rate (27.1), and the death-rate (15.1) were
the lowest on record in London since the institution of civil registration. The number of deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs were considerably below the average of the preceding ten years. The
deaths from phthisis, diphtheria, diarrhoea, measles and whooping cough were markedly below the
average, the death-rates of phthisis and whooping cough (1.42 and 0.32 respectively) being the lowest
on record in London. The deaths attributed to cancer were in excess of the ten years average.
Population.
The populations of the Administrative County of London estimated to the middle of the year
1905 was 4,084,794.

Marriages.
The number of marriages in the Administrative County of London in 1905 (52 weeks) was
39,631, giving an annual rate of persons married of 16.9 per 1,000 persons living.

The accompanying diagram I. shows the marriage rate in each year since 1850, in relation to
the mean marriage rate of the period 1851-1905.
In the year 1905 among the males 3.6 per cent. married were under 21 years of age, and
among the females 13.0 per cent.; the figures for previous years are shown in the following table,
the proportions in England and Wales being also given for the purpose of comparison—