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London County Council
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1932.
VOL. III—(Part I)
REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1932.
By Sir Frederick Menzies, K.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.H., F.R.S.E., County
Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer.
Vital Statistics.
Population.
The population enumerated in London by the census on the night of 26th April,
1931, was 4,397,003, including 10,500 non-civilians. In this census the place of usual
residence was also recorded, so that two population figures are available, the enumerated
population already stated, and the normal resident population, which was
4,419,877.
The resident population was not ascertained in the census of 1921 but was
estimated by the Registrar-General to have been about 4,524,000.
The Registrar-General's estimates of the resident populations of the metropolitan
boroughs in 1932 are shown in the table on page 14, and the rates given in
this Annual Report are calculated upon these figures. The estimates of population
since 1921 have been revised in the light of the census of 1931 and the death-rates
for intercensal years have been adjusted accordingly.
Movement of
population.
The net result of movement of population between the two censuses is shown
by the difference between the census populations and the figure obtained by adding
to the first census the intercensal births and deducting the intercensal deaths.
In the following table gain (+) or loss (-) of population as the result of intercensal
movements is shown for the county of London and each of the metropolitan
boroughs.
As the census is not always taken at the same time of year, the figures have been
based upon the estimated population in the middle of each census year.
The relative volume of population movement in the three intercensal periods
1901-1931 may be seen from the last five columns of the table. Comparison of
the movement before and after the war period shows that the heavy pre-war loss of
population of the more central areas has decreased, but that, in certain of the less
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