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 1856
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1855-56
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No. V.—The Density of the Population; proportion of Deaths to 1,000 of the Living; mean Age at Death of persons over 20; and per.centage of Deaths from different Diseases.
| Number of persons to an acre. | Deaths to 1000 persons living. | Mean Age at Death of persons. | Causes of Death per cent. of all the Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 5. | From 45 to 55. | At 20 and over. | At 30 and over. | 1 At 40 and over. | Fever. | Small Pox. | Infantile diseases. | Consumption. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | |||||||||
| East London Union...... | 291.0 | 26.9 | 97.0 | 25.2 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 21.1 | 15.5 |
| West London Union | 211.7 | 28.2 | 98.4 | 23.8 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 58 | 57 | 63 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 20.7 | 21.2 |
| City of London Union | 128.8 | 20.1 | 70.5 | 19.2 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 15.8 | 15.4 |
| Entire City | 178.6 | 24.2 | 86.9 | 23.3 | 50 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 19.6 | 16.7 |
| England | 0.48 | 22.6 | 67.6 | 17.4 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 14.8 |
| Country Districts | 0.16 | 15.9 | 37.1 | 11.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
N.B. The Deaths per 1,000 of those living in the City are calculated from the returns of the last eight years (1848.56), and those of England
from the returns of the last ten years (1844.53). The mean Age at Death, and the per.centage Mortality from different diseases are
deduced from the City returns of last year (1855.56), and from the English Life Table in the 5th Annual Report of the Registrar
General.