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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
1906.
PART I.
The temperature of the air was, on the whole, slightly above the average during 1906, excess
occurring in every month except February, April, June and December, and being especially marked
in the months of August and October. The rainfall was also slightly above the average during the
year as a whole, but from March to September inclusive was below the average in each month
except June. The marriage-rate (17.1) was slightly above the marriage-rate of the previous year
(16.9), which was the lowest on record. The birth-rate (26.5) was the lowest on record in London
since the institution of civil registration. The death-rate (15.1) was equal to that of the previous
year, which was the lowest on record. The infant mortality-rate was below the average, but
slightly in excess of that of the preceding year. The number of deaths from diseases of the
respiratory organs was considerably below the annual average number of the preceding ten years.
The number of deaths from phthisis, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles was markedly below
the average, but the deaths from phthisis, diphtheria and measles showed an increase upon the
number of deaths in the preceding year. The death-rate from whooping cough was the lowest on
record. The deaths from diarrhoea and cancer were above the ten years' average.
Population.
The population of the Administrative County of London, estimated to the middle of the year
1906, was 4,721,217.
The populations of the City of London and cach of the metropolitan boroughs, as constituted
by the London Government Act of 1899, estimated to the middle of 1906, are shown in the following
table—

Marriages.
The number of marriages in the Administrative County of London in 1906 (52 weeks) was
40,412, giving an annual rate of persons married of 17.1 per 1,000 persons living.
The marriage rate in successive periods has been as follows—