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City of London 1904

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904

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Table: Table I. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1904 and Previous Years.Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.

Table I. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1904 and Previous Years.Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.

Year 1Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number 3Rate.1 4Number. 5Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6Number. 7Rate.18Number. 12Rate.* 13
189434,83152014.98215799328.557056216960017.2
189533,82355216.3811471.05731.262962718961918.3
189631,41253417.0721331,06633.967767216455817.8
189730,24549116.2581181,04634.661560814658419.3
189829,12146816.15511895732.962061513247416.3
189928,03941614.8561351,01136.064964214951818.5
190026,99840314.97217998736.662560914652419.4
190127,41137713.76016097435.564463311545616.6
190226,54633912.74212491034.364361013643616.4
190324,95833813.63911583933.66476319129912.0
Averages for years 1894-190329,33844415.16213998433.563262114450717.3
190423,56535315.0349086536.86626448530612.9

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths 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
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
sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and
have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Total population at all ages 26,9231
Area of City of London Registration
District in acres (exclusive of Number of inhabited houses 3,865
area covered by water) 672.7
Average number of persons per house 6.96
t At the date of the Census the civil parish of Glasshouse Yard was included in the City.
This parish was subsequently transferred to another Registration District outside the City (see
note on page 12). The population of Glasshouse Yard is therefore not included in this figure.
At Census of
1901.