London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1896

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896

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The number of deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases was 33, or 1.05 per 1,000,
against 3T4 for the Metropolis.
The deaths of children under 1 year of age
to 1,000 births comes out 133, against 161 for
the whole of London.
The number of children born in the City
(see table B) was 534. The birth rate, therefore
was 17.0 per 1,000. The birth rate for
the whole of London is given as 30.2.
This wide variation is due to the differences
in the sex and age distribution of their populations.
Of the births 345 were successfully vaccinated,
1 was insusceptible, 45 died before the
age for vaccination, 24 were postponed by
medical certificate, 50 removed into other
districts, and 69 were pending at the end of
the year. See table (Vaccination Report).
During the same period a number of adults,
etc., were re-vaccinated.