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City of London 1850
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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No. IV.
| Deaths in the Population of the City of London. | Under 5 Years. | Under 10 Years. | Under 15 Years. | Under 20 Years. | Under 30 Years. | Under 40 Years. | Under 50 Years. | Under 60 Years. | Under 70 Years. | 70 and upwards. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| During the year 1848-9 | 1243 | 202 | 92 | 90 | 292 | 345 | 396 | 355 | 366 | 367 | 3748 | |
| During the year 1849-50 | 1032 | 83 | 44 | 70 | 166 | 200 | 251 | 254 | 318 | 334 | 2752 | |
| During the year 1850-1 | 1194 | 124 | 48 | 60 | 169 | 227 | 248 | 261 | 303 | 342 | 2976 | |
| * Sum of three years | 3469 | 409 | 184 | 220 | 627 | 772 | 895 | 870 | 987 | 1043 | 9476 | |
| 9476 Deaths of the last three years distributed in Unions. | East London Union | 1411 | 143 | 56 | 60 | 200 | 247 | 279 | 265 | 340 | 367 | 3368 |
| West London Union | 857 | 89 | 56 | 72 | 198 | 224 | 257 | 261 | 269 | 232 | 2515 | |
| City of London Union | 1201 | 177 | 72 | 88 | 229 | 301 | 359 | 344 | 378 | 444 | 3593 | |
APPENDIX.
* During the year 1848-9 there were fifteen cases, and during the year 1850-1 two cases, in respect of which the particulars of age
or residence could not be ascertained with sufficient accuracy for the purposes of this table. The addition of these to the total amounts
in the table would give the correct number of deaths for those years, viz. 3763 and 2978 respectively, and 9493 for the general total.
I have likewise been enabled to introduce some corrections in my account of the mortality during the first year. At that time my means
for accurate registration of deaths were necessarily imperfect; and my first death-list contained 36 cases (chiefly of certain patients in
St. Bartholomew's Hospital,) which ought not to have been reckoned to the mortality of the City. In carefully revising my tables of
that date, I have excluded these cases, and have thereby reduced the total number of deaths for the year in question to 3763. In the
report referred to it was estimated at 3799.