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the
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
CITY OF LONDON.
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
To the Honorable Commissioners of
Sewers of the City of London.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with the usual practice, I
beg leave to submit the various Tables which
exhibit the vital statistics and the sanitary work
of the City for the last twelve months.
In Table I. I have classified the births, deaths,
and marriages for the year, according to the
localities and seasons; and you will notice generally
that there were 3,343 births in the year,
2,845 deaths, and 1,557 marriages. All these
numbers are below the averages for the last ten
years, but they are not all reduced in like proportion.
The births, for example, have declined from