London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898
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VITAL STATISTICS. City of London compared with the Metropolis, 5 years, 1894-5-6-7-8.
| City of London. | Death Rate. | Birth Rate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent. of Deaths Registered. | Deaths from principal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Population (Imperial Census). | Day Population (Corporation Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | |
| 1894 | 34,831 | 315,400 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 30.1 | 157 | 143 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 0.72 | 2.68 |
| 1895 | 33,823 | 319,970 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 16.3 | 30.5 | 147 | 165 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 1.36 | 2.62 |
| 1896 | 31,412 | 324,600 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 17.0 | 30.2 | 133 | 161 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 1.05 | 3.14 |
| 1897 | 30,245 | 329,290 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 30.0 | 109 | 158 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 1.35 | 2.56 |
| 1898 | 29,121 | 334,050 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 16.1 | *29.5 | 118 | 167 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 0.62 | 2.79 |
* This is the lowest London Birth Rate on record.
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