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City of London 1912
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912
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Deaths from Violence.
Of the City deaths, 3.37 per cent. were caused by injuries or violence (as
compared with 5.76 in 1910 and 5.16 in 1911), being 1.35 below the average for the
previous five years.
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
| Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 3.10 | 3.75 |
| 1908 | 4.50 | 4.43 |
| 1909 | 5.10 | 3.59 |
| 1910 | 5.76 | 4.03 |
| 1911 | 5.16 | 3.84 |
| Average previous five years | 4.72 | 3.92 |
| 1912 | 3.37 | 5.9 |
VITAL STATISTICS, 1912.
City of London compared with the Metropolis, previous five years.
| City of London. | Birth Rate. | Death Bate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent, of Deaths Registered. | Deathsfromprincipal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census). | Estimated Day Popu-lation(Cor-poration Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | |
| 1907 | 20,310 | 380,150 | 13.1 | 25.6 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 86 | 116 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.44 | 1.41 |
| 1908 | 19,252 | 385,640 | 14.4 | 25.2 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 65 | 113 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.15 | 1.35 |
| 1909 | 18,193 | 391,220 | 13.4 | 24.2 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 106 | 107 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 0.44 | 1.30 |
| 1910 | 17,132 | 387,755 | 15.3 | 23.9 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 53.4 | 102 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 0.17 | 1.10 |
| 1911 | 19,475 | 364,061 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 10.9 | 15.0 | 46.3 | 128 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 0.20 | 0.31 |
| Average previous five years. | 18,872 | 381,765 | 15.4 | 24.8 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 71.3 | 113 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 0.28 | 1.09 |
| 1912 | 18,695 | 366,087 | 20.7 | 24.5 | 9.5 | 13.6 | 26 | 91 | 3.37 | 5.9 | 0.160 | 0.13 |