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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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CENSUS RETURNS.
| Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census.* Day Population. |
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For statistical purposes, in the following pages the "Registration" District is
referred to when speaking of the "City."
This consists of two sub-districts, together containing a population of 18,695
at the middle of 1912, calculated on the last Census Returns:—
St. Botolph 7,584
*St. Sepulchre and Allhallows 11,111
18,695
The Night population, therefore, of the City of London Registration District at the
middle of 1912, is taken at 18,695, and it is upon this figure that all vital statistics
in this Report have been calculated.
The Day Census taken in May, 1911, showed that the Day population was 364,061
persons, and that 1,077,155 persons and 94,095 vehicles entered and left the City on
the day the count was made.
In 1903 it was ascertained that in the week ending 19th July no less than
347,463 vehicles passed to and from the four City bridges, viz.:—London, Southwark,
Blackfriars and Tower, equivalent to upwards of 18,000,000 vehicles per annum.
BIRTHS.
During the year 1912, 387 births were registered in the City. The annual birth
rate was at the rate of 20.7 per 1,000 persons of all ages, compared with a quinquennial
mean rate of 15.4 per 1,000. The birth rates last year in the Sub-Districts were—
St. Botolph 13.3 per 1,000.
St. Sepulchre and Allhallows 25.7 „
In the Metropolis the birth rate in 1912 was 24.5 per 1,000.
This decline in the birth rate has been in operation in this country since 1876,
and is common to nearly all European countries.
VACCINATION.
Of the 410 children born in 1912, 180 had been successfully vaccinated by the end
of the year, 28 had died before the age for vaccination, and in no case was the child
insusceptible. Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in 2 cases, 126 had
removed into other districts, and 12 vaccinations were pending at the end of the
year. There were 62 cases of conscientious objection.
The Public Vaccinators performed 233 re-vaccinations during the year.
* On the 1st April, 1901, the Middle Temple was transferred from the Strand Sub-District to St. Sepulchre Sub.District.