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London County Council 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Administrative County of London.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
1894.
STATISTICS.
Population.
The population of the administrative county of London, estimated to the middle of 1894, was
4,370,135, this estimate being based on the assumption that the rate of increase between the census
years 1881 and 1891 has been since maintained.
The estimated population of each of the 43 sanitary districts comprised in the administrative county is shown in the following table—
| Santary District. | Estimated Population, 1894. | Sanitary District | Estimated population, 1894. | Sanitary District. | Estimated population, 1894. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | 121,583 | St. Giles | 38,144 | St. George, Southwark | 60,060 |
| Kensington | 167,350 | St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 13,783 | Newington | 118,512 |
| Hammersmith | 105,696 | Strand | 23,179 | St. Olave, Southwark | 12,984 |
| Fulham | 110,993 | Holborn | 32,438 | Bermondsey | 84,053 |
| Chelsea | 99,052 | Clerkenwell | 65,312 | Rotherhithe | 40,365 |
| St. George, Hanoversquare | 75,033 | St. Luke | 41,168 | Lambeth | 282,574 |
| City of London | 34,832 | Battersea | 161,558 | ||
| Westminster | 54,414 | Shoreditch | 123,186 | Wandsworth | 179,518 |
| St. James, Westminster | 23,571 | Bethnal-green | 129,840 | Camberwell | 248,893 |
| Marylebone | 138,554 | Whitechapel | 75,498 | Greenwich | 173,128 |
| Hampstead | 75,443 | St. George-in-the-East... | 45,360 | Lee | 38,172 |
| St. Pancras | 233,739 | Limehouse | 57,000 | Lewisham | 100,872 |
| Islington | 331,900 | Mile-end Old-town | 108,242 | Woolwich | 42,309 |
| Stoke Newington | 34,172 | Poplar | 170,217 | Plumstead | 59,233 |
| Hackney | 211,493 | St. Saviour, Southwark | 26,712 |
Marriages.
There were 36,902 marriages in the registration county of London in 1894, giving an annual
rate of persons married of 17.0 per 1,000 living.
The marriage rate since 1870 has been as follows—
1871 19.5
1872 19.9
1873 19.8
1874 19.4
1875 19.6
1876 19.2
1877 18.7
1878 18.5
1879 18.0
1880 18 .
1881 18.1
1882 18.4
1883 18.1
1884 17.9
1885 17.4
1886 17.2
1887 16.9
1888 16.9
1889 17.1
1890 17.6
1891 17.7
1892 17.4
1893 17.2
1894 17.0
The accompanying diagram (I.) shows the marriage rate in each year since 1850 in relation to
the mean of the period 1851-94.
In the year 1894, 4.69 per cent. of the men and 16'80 per cent. of the women who were married were under 21 years of age. The proportions in preceding periods are shown in the following table; the proportions in England are also given for the purpose of comparison— Marriaqes of minors per cent. of total marriages.
| London. | England. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| 1851-60 | 2.77 | 11.95 | 5.70 | 17.99 |
| 1861-70 | 3.56 | 14.56 | 6.82 | 20.37 |
| 1871-80 | 4.71 | 16.90 | 7.96 | 22.03 |
| 1881-90 | 5.53 | 18.91 | 6.81 | 20.75 |
| 1891 | 4.86 | 17.45 | 5.90 | 19.01 |
| 1892 | 5.15 | 17.67 | 5.87 | 18.76 |
| 1893 | 4.75 | 16.80 | 5.59 | 18.08 |