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 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
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City of London.—For Whole District.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under one year of age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in public institutions. | Deaths of residents registered In District. | Deaths residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all ages nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate*. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births Registered. | Number. | Rate.. | Number. | Rate*. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894 | 34,831 | 520 | 14.9 | 82 | 157 | 993 | 28.5 | 570 | 562 | 169 | 600 | 17.2 |
| 1895 | 33,823 | 552 | 16.3 | 81 | 147 | 1,057 | 31.2 | 629 | 627 | 189 | 619 | 18.3 |
| 1896 | 31,412 | 534 | 17.0 | 72 | 133 | 1.066 | 33.9 | 677 | 672 | 164 | 558 | 17.8 |
| 1897 | 30,245 | 491 | 16.2 | 58 | 118 | 1,046 | 34.6 | 615 | 608 | 146 | 584 | 19.3 |
| 1898 | 29,121 | 468 | 161 | 55 | 118 | 957 | 32.9 | 620 | 615 | 132 | 474 | 16.3 |
| 1899 | 28,039 | 416 | 14.8 | 56 | 135 | 1,011 | 36.0 | 649 | 642 | 149 | 518 | 18.5 |
| Averages for years 1894-1899 | 31,245 | 497 | 15.9 | 67 | 135 | 1,022 | 32.7 | 627 | 621 | 158 | 559 | 17.9 |
| 1900 | 26,998 | 403 | 14.9 | 72 | 179 | 987 | 36 6 | 625 | 609 | 146 | 524 | 19.4 |
. Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to he included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within
the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10
and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there ; and by the term "Residents" is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water).
6721
Total population at all ages 38,320
Number of inhabited houses 6,368
Average number of persons per house 7.14
At Census
of 1891.