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City of London 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1931 AND PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
| of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1926 | 13,230 | 383 | 106 | 7.1 | 703 | 53.14 | 644 | 79 | 7 | 66 | 138 | 10.4 |
| 1927 | 13,010 | 417 | 114 | 8.7 | 762 | 58.51 | 688 | 76 | 12 | 105 | 150 | 11.5 |
| 1928 | 11,430 | 427 | 82 | 7.2 | 735 | 64.30 | 665 | 70 | 5 | 60 | 140 | 12.2 |
| 1929 | 10,700 | 424 | 80 | 7.4 | 721 | 67.38 | 657 | 86 | 5 | 62 | 150 | 14.0 |
| 1930 | 10,700 | 436 | 89 | 8.3 | 667 | 62.33 | 598 | 64 | 4 | 89 | 133 | 12.0 |
| Average previous 5 years | 11,814 | 417 | 94 | 7.7 | 717 | 61.13 | 650 | 75 | 7 | 76 | 142 | 12.0 |
| 1931 | 10,808 | 413 | 61 | 5.6 | 680 | 62.91 | 620 | 60 | 5 | 81 | 135 | 12.5 |
Area of City of London in acres Total population at all ages 13,709
(land and inland water) 661 Number of inhabited houses 2,922
Average number of persons per house 4.6
At Census
1921.
Vaccination.—Of the 413 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during 1931, 102 had
been successfully vaccinated by the end of the year, 11 had died before the age for vaccination
and in no case was a child reported as insusceptible. Vaccination was postponed by
medical certificate in 1 case, 219 had removed into other districts, or the vaccinations
were pending at the end of the year. There were 80 instances of conscientious objection.
The Public Vaccinator performed 45 re-vaccinations during the year, and in addition to the
102 successful vaccinations referred to above, 41 adult persons were vaccinated for the
first time.
VACCINATION STATISTICS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
| Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious objections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ||
| 1926 | 390 | 26.4 | Nil | Nil | 4.6 | Nil | 49.2 | 19.7 |
| 1927 | 421 | 25.9 | ,, | ,, | 4.7 | ,, | 44.9 | 24.5 |
| 1928 | 432 | 31.1 | ,, | ,, | 4.4 | ,, | 38.4 | |
| 1929 | 427 | 25.5 | ,, | ,, | 0.8 | 40.2 | 30.7 | |
| 1930 | 436 | ,, | ,, | 2.3 | 0.5 | 48.9 | ||
| Average previous 5 years. | 421 | ,, | ,, | 3.7 | 0.3 | 44.3 | 25.4 | |
| 1931 | 413 | 24.7 | ,, | ,, | 53.1 | 19.4 |