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London County Council
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1933
VOL. III—(Part I)
REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1933.
By Sir Frederick Menzies, K.B.E., M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.E., County
Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer.
Vital Statistics.
The population enumerated in London by the census on the night of 26th April,
1931, was 4,397,003, including 10,500 non-civilians. In this census the place of usual
residence was also recorded, so that two population figures are available, the enumerated
population already stated, and the normal resident population, which was
4,419,877.
The Registrar-General estimates the resident population of the county in the
middle of 1933 to have been 4,298,600. The corresponding estimates for metropolitan
boroughs are shown in the table on page 22, and the rates given in this
Annual Report are calculated upon these figures.
The marriages registered in London during 1933 numbered approximately
40,703 or 18.9 per thousand of the population, the corrected rate for the preceding
year being 18.1.
The births in London during 1933 numbered 56,743, compared with 62,233 in
the preceding year. The birth-rate was 13.2 per thousand as against 14.3 in 1932.
This is the lowest birth-rate recorded in London, the number of births being 14,233
less even than in 1918, when the influence of the European War was at its height.
The deaths in the total population of London during 1933 numbered 53,536,
giving a death-rate of 12.5 per thousand, compared with 12.3 in 1932.
Population
Marriages.
Births.
Deaths.

It will be seen that the number of deaths in 1933 was about the same as in
1932. Owing to a considerable prevalence of epidemic influenza during the winter,
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