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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 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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The City of London Registration District
comprises an area of 672.1 acres (excluding tidal
water and foreshore), or 1.05 miles, equal to a
square of 1.0247 miles to a side.
The area of "Registration London" is 74,672
acres (excluding tidal water and foreshore), or
116.7 square miles, equal to a square of 10.8
miles to a side.
The City forms one of the three central
Metropolitan Districts, and is divided for civil
registration purposes into the following four
Sub-Districts, viz. :—
1. St. Botolph, including 15 parishes.
2. Cripplegate „ 2 „
3. St. Sepulchre „ 11 „
4. AllhallowsBarking „ 85 „
Total-113 parishes.
The City District, or Union, is co-extensive
with the municipal City of London within
and without the walls, with the following