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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1853

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: No. I.—Quinquennial Synopsis of City Mortality, with Death-rates calculated per thousand on thePopulation of1851.

No. I.—Quinquennial Synopsis of City Mortality, with Death-rates calculated per thousand on the

Population of1851.

Population according to the Census of 1851.Entire City of London, 129,922.East London Union. 44,593West London Union. 28,603City of London Union. 56,726
Saint Botolph. 23,435Cripplegate. 20,582Workhouses. 576North. 12.350South. 15,844Workhouse. 409s. w. 9,204N. W. 11,847South. 11,461S. E. 10,594N.E. 12,826Workhouse. 794
Mortality of Five Years, from Michaelmas 1848 to Michaelmas 1853.1848-93763519574179372598126293245263214262103
1849-502752396444125324290108176168218183219101
1850-1297849347116731731368191169258217213101
1861-23064534460176266379129196198203171235117
1852-33040516534155289309164170188223164224104
- V2458248380215681889595102696811659491153526
Total15,597574340525787
Yearly Death-rate per thousand of the living Population24.0025.7528.3320.40
24.3027.41*29.1927.66*23.8317.9621.9019.5219.58*