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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 1909
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annua Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:—
| Year. | Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London. | Number of Persons to each Sample examined. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales. | •City of London. | London. | ||||
| 1881 | 17,823 | 162 | .92 | 1,462 | 318 | 760 |
| 1882 | 19,439 | 197 | 1.01 | 1,350 | 252 | 732 |
| 1883 | 19,648 | 201 | 1.02 | 1,363 | 240 | 725 |
| 1884 | 22,951 | 285 | 1.24 | 1,182 | 164 | 716 |
| 1885 | 23,230 | 206 | .88 | 1,184 | 221 | 699 |
| 1886 | 23,596 | 188 | .79 | 1,181 | 235 | 672 |
| 1887 | 24,440 | 294 | 1.20 | 1,171 | 146 | 596 |
| 1888 | 26,344 | 178 | .67 | 1,086 | 235 | 551 |
| 1889 | 26,954 | 249 | .90 | 964 | 162 | 542 |
| 1890 | 27,465 | 165 | .62 | 946 | 239 | 557 |
| 1891 | 29,028 | 169 | .42 | 999 | 227 | 580 |
| 1892 | 32,447 | 123 c a | .38 | 894 | 303 | 573 |
| 1893 | 37,233 | 104 | .28 | 779 | 347 | 530 |
| 1894 | 39,516 | 161 | .40 | 734 | 216 | 492 |
| 1895 | 43,962 | 266 | .60 | 661 | 127 | 414 |
| 1896 | 45,555 | 212 | .47 | 636 | 148 | 399 |
| 1897 | 46,856 | 220 | .47 | 619 | 138 | 381 |
| 1898 | 49,555 | 230 | .46 | 585 | 122 | 353 |
| 1899 | 53,056 | 171 | .32 | 547 | 164 | 325 |
| 1900 | 62,858 | 145 | .23 | 461 | 186 | 312 |
| 1901 | 67,841 | 854 | 1.26 | 479 | 32 | 291 |
| 1902 | 72,321 | 1,248 | 1.72 | 450 | 21 | 252 |
| 1903 | 78,077 | 1,179 | 1.51 | 417 | 21 | 233 |
| 1904 | 84,678 | 1,035 | 1.22 | 384 | 23 | 213 |
| 1905 | 86,182 | 1,102 | 1.28 | 377 | 20 | 211 |
| 1906 | 90,504 | 1,030 | 1.20 | 359 | 20 | 203 |
| 1907 | 93,716 | 1,092 | 1.16 | 347 | 19 | 188 |
| 1908 | 95,664 | 1,183 | 1.23 | 340 | 16 | 188 |
| 1909 | 97,985 | 1,190 | 1.31 | 330 | 15 | 202 |
* The figures in this column are based on the Imperial night census, and are obviously misleading.
Unfortunately there are no accurate means of arriving at the number of persons in the City during the daytime.
It will be seen from Table I. on the previous page that there was a marked
decline during the year in the percentage of adulterated articles, having fallen
from 6.59 per cent. in 1908 to 3.27 in 1909, the lowest recorded since I have
held office.