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THE
SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.
THE TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Honorable Commissioners of
Sewers of the City of London.
Gentlemen,
In the course of the year which has just expired
there were 3,202 births, 2,747 deaths, and
1,735 marriages in the City of London.
All of those numbers are below the averages of
the last ten years, but they have not all been reduced
in the same proportion. The deaths have
declined from an annual average of 3,018 to 2,747:
the births from 3,474 to 3,202; and the marriages
from 1,745 to 1,735: while, therefore, the falling off
in the proportion of marriages has been to the extent
of less than 1 per cent., that of the births has
been about 8 per cent., and of the deaths a little
more than 9 per cent. These proportions show that