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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TABLE VI.
VITAL STATISTICS, 1900.
City of London compared with the Metropolis, previous 5 years.
| City of London. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent. of Deaths Registered. | Deaths fromprincipal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night Population (Imperial Census). | Day Popu-lation(Cor-poration Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | |
| 1895 | 33,823 | 319,970 | 16.3 | 30.5 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 147 | 165 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 1.36 | 2.62 |
| 1896 | 31,412 | 324,600 | 17.0 | 30.2 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 133 | 161 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 105 | 3.14 |
| 1897 | 30,245 | 329,290 | 16.2 | 30.0 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 109 | 158 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 1.35 | 2.56 |
| 1898 | 29,121 | 334,050 | 16.1 | 29.5 | 16.3 | 18.7 | 118 | 167 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 0.62 | 2.79 |
| 1899 | 28,039 | 338,850 | 14.8 | 29.4 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 135 | 167 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 1.03 | 2.48 |
| Average previous five years. | 30,528 | 329,352 | 16.1 | 29.9 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 128 | 164 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 1.08 | 2.72 |
| 1900 | 26,998 | 343,790 | 14.9 | .28.6 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 179 | 160 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 1.44 | 2.22 |
. This is the lowest London Birth Rate on record.