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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 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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The following table has been partly compiled
from the Annual Reports of the Local Government
Board, to which is added, by way of
comparison, the results of our experience in the
City of London:—
Tabulated Statement—II.
| Year. | Total No. of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of total No. Examined in City of London. | No. of Persons to each Sample Examined. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales. | City of London. | ||||
| 1881 | 17,823 | 162 | .92 | 1,462 | 318 |
| 1882 | 19,439 | 197 | 1.01 | 1,358 | 252 |
| 1883 | 19,648 | 201 | 1.02 | 1,363 | 240 |
| 1884 | 22,951 | 285 | 1.24 | 1,182 | 164 |
| 1885 | 23,230 | 206 | .88 | 1,184 | 221 |
| 1886 | 23,596 | 188 | .79 | 1,181 | 235 |
| 1887 | 24.440 | 294 | 1.20 | 1,171 | 146 |
| 1888 | 26,344 | 178 | .67 | 1,086 | 235 |
| 1889 | 26,954 | 249 | .90 | 964 | 162 |
| 1890 | 27,465 | 165 | .62 | 1,071 | 239 |
| 1891 | 29,028 | 169 | .42 | 998 | 227 |
| 1892 | 32,447 | 123 | .38 | 894 | 303 |
| 1893 | 37,233 | 104 | .28 | 779 | 347 |
| 1894 | Return not yet received. | 161 | — | — | 218 |